First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
Joffrey's War: A Sherwood Forester in the Gre…
This book is probably one of the most valuable personal accounts of life as an infantryman in the Great War to have ever…
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Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Mutiny, Murder an…
Bad Characters is a very important new book. Not only is it scholarly, but it is also highly entertaining. It looks into…
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Gallipoli : The Dardanelles Disaster in Soldi…
An insight into the book's origins by one of its authors, Stephen Chambers: During research for our recent book on Gall…
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Jack and Hopit: A Cavalryman and his War Hors…
Jack and Hopit: A Cavalryman and his War Horse in the Great War (Helion and Company) £16.95 Serena Merton This w…
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The Zeppelins: An Illustrated History by Phil…
This does exactly what it says in the title. It offers a concise history of the development of the Zeppelin airship from…
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Walking Ypres
Walking Ypres Pen & Sword Barnsley 2017 £15.99, 296 pp, pb ills & maps throughout. ISBN: 0-17815-900-3 Pa…
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African Kaiser: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbe…
African Kaiser: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa £20, Hurst Publishing, 448pp, no ills, 3 ma…
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Publishers, Readers and the Great War: Litera…
Publishers, Readers and the Great War: Literature and Memory since 1918 £84, Bloomsbury Academic, 272pp, 15 ills -in pa…
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Rats Alley: Trench Names of the Western Front…
Rats Alley: Trench Names of the Western Front, 1914 – 1918 The History Press £40.00, 767pp, 25 ills,24 1 bibliog., ind…
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Cyril Keepfer, 1894-1918 a Denbigh boy and th…
Cyril Keepfer, 1894-1918 a Denbigh Boy and the Great War Bridge Books, Wrexham 48 pp, 20 pp photographs, 4 maps notes…
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What did you do in the Great War Grandfather?…
What did you do in the Great War Grandfather? The Life and Times of AN Edwardian Horse Artillery Officer. Helion, £16.…
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Dawn of Victory – Thank You China! – Star She…
Dawn of Victory – Thank You China! – Star Shell Reflections 1918-1919: The illustrated diaries of Jim Maultsaid £25.00 …
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