Book Reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
'Tig's Boys - Letters to Sir from the Trenche…
Edited by David Hilliam ISBN: 978 0 7524 6331 5 188pp with illustrations David Hilliam has edited a remarkable collec…
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'If You're Reading This: Last Letters from th…
Written by Sian Price ISBN: 978-1-84832-610-1 Frontline Books, Pen & Sword, Barnsley, 2011, £19.99, 292pp, ills, p…
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'Dear Mother Great War letters From A Bristol…
ISBN: 1 904537 07 3 SB 144 pp £7.99 Published by RedcliffePress Ltd, 81g Pemroke Rd, Bristol BS83EA. ”Dear Mother” is…
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Diary of an Old Contemptible by Edward Roe
ISBN: 1 84415 135 2 HB 329 pages £25.00Published by Pen & Sword Military Books Over the years numerous veterans have…
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‘The Pity of War’ (1998) Niall Ferguson
The title ‘The Pity of War’ says little about the book’s contents. The words are not those of the author, but rather ta…
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The Illusion of Victory - America in World Wa…
ISBN 0-465-02467-X. H/B, 543 pagesIn his inimitable style, Thomas Fleming has written a dramatic story of Presidential h…
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Outline. An Autobiography. Paul Nash.
Hardback, 280 pages 14 Colour illustrations 9 Black and White illustrations Published 16 October 2016 Edited by Davi…
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'Lady Under Fire On The Western Front : Lady …
ISBN: 978 1 84884 322 6 Publisher: Pen and Sword Books Ltd. Lady Dorothie Feilding was the first British woman to rece…
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Cambridgeshire Kitcheners: A History of the 1…
By Joanna Costin Pen and Sword (2016) £25.00 ISBN 9-781-47386-900-4 319pp 163 b/w photos Following the outbreak of…
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Douglas Haig War Diaries and Letters 1914-191…
ISBN: 0 297 84702 3 HB 550 pages £25.00 Published by Weindenfeld & Nicholson. Edited by Gary Sheffield & Jo…
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National Myth and the First World War in Mode…
By Peter Grant Hardback 303 pages 22 b/w illustrations (several in colour) Palgrave Macmillan (2017) Palgrave St…
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Julian Grenfell, soldier and poet: letters an…
Edited by Kate Thompson ISBN 978-0-9547561-1-6 Hardback, 362 pp, £25 Available from Hertfordshire Record Society (www…
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