A REMARKABLE diary penned by an Englishwoman behind enemy lines in Germany during the First World War has been completed 100 years after the conflict and one of the authors staged a book-signing session in Stroud.

New York Times best-selling author Rev GP Taylor, who had worldwide success with his first self-published novel Shadowmancer, teamed up with journalist Charles Yates to complete the extraordinary diary that ended abruptly in February 1917.

Housewife Annie Droege fled her house arrest in a German garrison town to be reunited with her interned husband Arthur back home in England.

Mr Yates organised the signing at Bar Greyhound on Tuesday, January 6 as part of a nationwide book tour to promote the Diary Of Annie’s War Extended Edition 2014.

The original book was published by Annie’s family and the new book tells the story of the missing 22 months from the end of the original diary in February 1917 until Armistice Day 1918.

The book is dedicated to the memory of the 16.5 million lives lost in the First World War.

A donation from signed copies at book launch events is being made to the Royal British Legion charity.

Mr Yates said: “It is a unique story and the fact it survived a century and Annie moving back to England from Germany is an achievement in itself.”

There has already been interest from Hollywood about a movie based on the book.

The Diary of Annie’s War Extended Edition 2014 is published by Grosvenor House Publishing priced £10.99 and is available via Amazon and book stores.