Book Reviews by academics, amateur historians, WFA members and keen readers.
Facing Armageddon: The First World War Experi…
By Hugh Cecil and Dr Peter Liddle First published by Leo Cooper in 1996, New edition edition (April 2003) £60 hardback…
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The Trench Cook Book 1917. Western Front Reci…
By Hannah Holman (Ed) Book Review by Barbara Taylor The Trench Cook Book 1917 is rather a fun book. Drawn from War Off…
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Miners at War 1914-18: South Wales Miners in …
By Ritchie Wood Helion, £35.00, 320pp Hardback, 107 illustrations within text., 29 tables, index, notes and refs. ISBN:…
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Major General Price-Davies The Letters of VC …
Peter Robison (Ed) The History Press, Gloucs, £14.99, 255pp, 18 ills, detailed notes & refs, bibliog, index ISBN 97…
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Centenary of the Last Charges of the 9th/12th…
By Philip Watson Crest Publications, Kettering, 2016, £12.99, 136pp, many ills, index ISBN: 078-0-9935977-0-1 Book re…
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Prisoners & Escape: Those Who Were There
Rachel Bilton (Ed.) Pen & Sword, 2017, £12.99, paperback, 175 pp, ills, short index, no refs, ISBN 978-1-47386-70…
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In the Trenches: Those Who Were There
Rachel Bilton (Ed.) Pen & Sword, 2016, £12.99, paperback, 195 pp, ills, short index, no refs, ISBN 978-1-47386-713-…
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Why 1914? The causes of the Great War. A narr…
By Derek Robinson Book Review by Barbara Taylor Whistle Books, 2014, £8, 200pp, soft covers; index. Also available as …
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Last Stand at Zandvoorde 1914: Lord Hugh Gros…
By Mike McBride Pen and Sword Barnsley £19.99, 234pp, ills in page throughout, bibliog, ISBN 1473891574. Review by Dav…
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Secrets in a Dead Fish
By Melanie King Bodleian Library, 2014. ; £8.99, 102 pp, inc Glossary and Notes ISBN 978-1-85124-260-3 Book review by …
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Light Battle Crisers and The Second Battle of…
By Hugh Harkins Centurion, soft covers, £10.95, 72 pages ISBN: 10: 1903630525, 13: 978-1903630525 Book Review by Nial…
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The Three Emperors: Three Cousins, Three Empi…
By Miranda Carter Penguin Books, 2010, £10.99, 498pp, soft covers; illustrated plus notes, bibliography and index. Als…
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