by RichardVanEmden (Author)
The Great War ended more than ninety years ago yet still haunts and fascinates us today. In The Soldier's War, Richard van Emden traces a history of the fighting month by month and year by year, using original diaries, letters and as-yet-unseen photographs taken by the soldiers themselves. We follow the British Tommy through devastating battles and trench warfare from the outbreak of war in 1914 to the armistice four years later, guided by Richard van Emden's sure explanations. This is a history of the war as seen from the trenches that is shockingly intimate, sometimes heartbreaking, often wryly amusing, but always compelling.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 01 Jan 2009
ISBN 10: 0747598738
ISBN 13: 9780747598732
Book Overview: The public demand for stories about the Great War is insatiable, as shown by Richard Van Emden's own The Last Fighting Tommy (with Harry Patch) which has sold over 45,000 hardbacks and over 97,000 paperbacks (BookScan) Illustrated with over 75 never-seen-before battlefield photographs taken by the soldiers themselves at the front line Published for Father's Day 2009, the paperback is essential reading for all readers of military history. A Father's Day campaign across retailers and the press will ensure that this book is a natural gift choice during this period.