First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
Masters of Mayhem. Lawrence of Arabia and the…
Casemate Publishers, 2018 £16-£20 HB 184pp b/w photos throughout ISBN 9781 61200 5744 Despite the title, the au…
Read MoreMemoirs of the Great War: Complete and Unabri…
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…
Read MoreThe Flying Sikh The Story of a WW1 Fighter Pi…
Pen & Sword, 2022 £25.00hb, 224pp, including b&w images ISBN: 9781399083294. Flying Ace, first–class cricket…
Read MoreA Great Hatred – The Assassination of Field M…
Faber & Faber, 2022 £16.99, paperback 442 pages, notes, bibliography b/w photos and index ISBN 978–0–571–37281–2…
Read MoreA Voice from the Trenches 1914–18: From the D…
(Blackthorn Press, 2020), £18.00, paperback, 192 pages with illustrations ISBN 978–1–906–25958–7 Bernard Eyre Walker’s …
Read MoreThe British Way of War: Julian Corbett and th…
(Yale University Press 2021) £25.00, 533 pages, ISBN 978–0–300–25073–2 This is a weighty book in every sense. It is len…
Read MoreHindenburg, Ludendorff and Hitler: Germany’s …
(Pen & Sword, 2021) £25.00, 368 pages, notes, sources, b/w photos and index. ISBN 978–1526–78333–2 Buy a copy here &…
Read MoreThe Boy Scouts in the Great War by Craig Arms…
(Pen & Sword, 2021) £19.99, hardback, 208 pages, 100 b/w illustrations ISBN: 978–1–52672–324–6 There’s plenty of f…
Read MoreOf No Earthly Use. The 2nd Line Territorial F…
(Helion, 2021) £29.95, paperback, 301 pages inc maps, index, notes and refs. plus 18 pages full colour photographs. ISBN…
Read More'Tell England' by Ernest Raymond
'Tell England,' by Ernest Raymond, is a deeply moving and thought-provoking novel that captures the essence of the First…
Read MoreLewesians in the Great War by Graham Mayhew
First and foremost, I should state that I have a personal interest in this book. 'Lewesians in the Great War', written b…
Read MoreReclaiming the Salient: Resurrecting the Grea…
By Roger Steward £19.95 paperback: 240 pages, bibliography, index, photographs ISBN: 978-115113-67-2 Helion, 20…
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