In The Footsteps Of Private Lynch

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Transworld Publishers
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2010
Edition: Reprint

Description: 318 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Retracing the experiences of a private in the Great War — the follow-up to the bestselling First World War memoir Somme Mud.With a mighty roar the shell explodes, spouting flame and phosphorous fumes everywhere... A man five ahead of me is sobbing — queer, panting gasping sobs. He bends his head towards his stomach just twice and is still. Weve had our baptism of fire, seen our first man killed...When Will Davies discovered the manuscript for Somme Mud, he knew he had found a lost treasure. Private Lynchs powerful story of his time in the trenches of the Somme has become a classic. In this new book, Will Davies follows in the footsteps of Lynch and his battalion, from their long route marches to lice-ridden billets, into the frontline.Using an innovative "then and now" approach in words and pictures, the book brings to life the young men who sacrificed their youth over 90 years ago.

ISBN: 9780553824155