by Max Arthur (Author)
FORGOTTEN VOICES OF THE GREAT WAR was the surprise best-seller at Christmas 2002, selling over 60,000 copies in hardback alone. The formula was simple: Max Arthur interviewed some of the 30 surviving British soldiers from the First World War and combined their stories with other interviews in the Imperial War Museum and various private collections. LAST POST is very consciously the last word from the handful of survivors left alive in 2004. When they die, our final human connection with the First World War will be broken: after this book, we will have only recordings or diaries. We will never be able to ask a question of someone who was there.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 10 Nov 2005
ISBN 10: 0297846442
ISBN 13: 9780297846444
Book Overview: Max Arthur's previous book on 1914-18, FORGOTTEN VOICES OF THE GREAT WAR was a Sunday Times best-seller and sold over 60,000 copies in hardback Additional book club sales of 20,000 These interviews can never be repeated: the youngest of the survivors is 106-years-old Max is the only author to have three books in a Waterstone's 3 for 2 promotion at the the same time