First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
The Unknown Warrior by John Nichol
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK (September 26, 2024) Length: 400 pages ISBN13: 9781398509443 ‘The Unknown Warrior’...
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In the Centennial Footsteps of the Great W...
Author / Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy Foreword / Dr Spencer Jones Historical consultants / Dr Spencer Jones, Dr Ignác Rom...
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Blizzard of Souls - a Latvian film set dur...
‘Blizzard of Souls,’ a Latvian film directed by Dzintars Dreibergs and based on the novel by Aleksandrs Grīns, offers...
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The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed i...
Nigel McCrery’s 'The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War' offers a fascinating and timely tribute t...
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Hear the Boat Sing: Oxford and Cambridge R...
The History Press, 2017 £20.00, 255pp, 6 appendices and index. ISBN: 978–075–096–771–6 [This review by Martin Cross f...
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Jack Beresford: An Olympian at War by John...
The Cloister House Press, Gloucester, (2019) £14.99, hb, £11.99, pb, 124pp, 38 ills..ISBN: 978–190–946–589–3 [This re...
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The British West Indies Regiment: Race and...
The British West Indies Regiment: Race and Colour on the Western Front is a compelling and meticulously researched ex...
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The Armchair General World War One – Can Y...
(Century, 2023) £10, HB, 423 pagesISBN 978-1-529901-016 An eye-catching front cover. A publication date at the end o...
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Masters of Mayhem. Lawrence of Arabia and...
Casemate Publishers, 2018 £16-£20 HB 184pp b/w photos throughout ISBN 9781 61200 5744 Despite the title, the auth...
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Memoirs of the Great War: Complete and Una...
Legacy Books Press, (2022) £20.95, 472 pp. maps, b/w photos and index ISBN 978–1–927537– 65–7 It would be difficult t...
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The Flying Sikh The Story of a WW1 Fighter...
Pen & Sword, 2022 £25.00hb, 224pp, including b&w images ISBN: 9781399083294. Flying Ace, first–class cricket...
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A Great Hatred – The Assassination of Fiel...
Faber & Faber, 2022 £16.99, paperback 442 pages, notes, bibliography b/w photos and index ISBN 978–0–571–37281–2...
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