First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
Way of Revelation (1921) by Wilfred Ewart
Wilfred Herbert as portrayed in Graham Stephen's 'The Life and Last Words of Wilfred Ewart' (1924) At the time of his…
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Chronicle of the First World War Vol I & Vol…
Chronicle of the First World War Vol I 356 pp. Casebound. £20. Facts on File. 1990. ISBN 0 8160 2139 2. [This re…
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Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers' War …
Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers' War 1914- 1918 Peter Barton, Peter Doyle and Johan Vandewalle Spellmount. 30…
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The Kinmel Park Camp Riots 1919 by J Putkowsk…
55pp. Illustrated. Card covers. Flintshire Historical Society. £2.50. £3.50 by post from Clwyd County Record Office …
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First World War Photographers by Jane Carmich…
167pp, many illustrations. Casebound. Routledge. £16.95. (1989 pricing) Second hand copies available for under £5 (20…
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The Flower of Battle - British Fiction Writer…
Secker & Warburg 1995 Hardback, 415pp £25.00 ISBN 0 436 202905 [This review first appeared in the October 1996 …
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Battlebags-British Airship of the First World…
Published by Alan Sutton 1995 Hardback 194pp ISBN 0 7509 0989 7 [This review first appeared in the September 1996 ed…
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Durham Men in the Great War by John Davison
School of Education Durham University 2001, card covers 129pp. ISBN 1 870268 26 1. Obtainable from the University …
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Battleship Texas by Hugh Power
Texas A&M Press College Station TX, (1993, reissued 2000), pb 161pp, index. £15.95. ISBN 0 89096 516 1. [This…
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Newcastle Commercials by Ian Johnson
Newcastle’s Very First Volunteer Battalion of the Great War [This review first appeared in the October 2016 edition of …
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The Evolution of Victory - British Battles on…
1995 Hardback Publisher T.Donovan 152pp £17.95 ISBN 1 87108519 5 [This review first appeared in the September 1996 …
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African American Doctors of World War I – The…
McFarland and Co., 2016, $45 US, 277pp, (2016 price, also available for Kindle £17.28 in 2021) illustrated, bibliog., …
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