A War In Words. The First World War In Diaries And Letters

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Pocket Books
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: Reprint

Description: 381 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. Diaries And Letters Written In The Wretched Battlefields Of The Somme, Verdun And Gallipoli

Publishers Description: Departing radically from traditional histories, A WAR IN WORDS tells the story of the First World War on a compelling, human scale through the letters and diaries of its participants -- whether combatants, eyewitnesses or victims. Powerful individual stories are interwoven to form an extraordinary narrative that follows the chronology of the war, in words written on the battlefield and on leave, under occupation and under siege. Taking us from the killing fields of the Western Front to the unforgiving waters of the North Sea, it is a remarkable new insight into the British at war, and a major addition to First World War literature.

ISBN: 9780743469067