First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
Letters From A Lost Generation
ISBN: 0-316-64664-4 Hardback 427 pp £18.99 Published by Little, Brown. In these days of emails and texts, letters ar…
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My Boy Jack by Tonie and Valmai Holt
A novel, if good, you may read cover to cover never putting it down; when you do put it down you are unlikely to read it…
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Songs of the Great War
Songs of the Great War Patricia Hammond is a classically trained mezzo soprano who has a fascination…
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The Great War by Field Marshal von Hindenburg…
Author: Field Marshal von Hindenburg, Edited by Charles Messenger. Publisher: Frontline Books 2013, 236 pages plus f…
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Major & Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Gui…
Major and Mrs Holt’s Definitive Battlefield Guide Tonie and Valmai Holt Seventh GPS Edition Somme 100th Anniversary P…
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The Somme and Beyond: The BEF on the Western …
The British Army’s Experience on the Western Front 1916-1918 Written by Peter Simkins ISBN 978 1 78159 312 7 254pp. M…
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Swansea Pals: A History of the 14th (Service)…
First reviewed by David Filsell for Stand To! 74 September 2005 The Swansea Pals is the history of a Service Battalion …
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Understanding the Ypres Salient. An Illuminat…
Reviewed by Stephen Broomfield. On receiving this book my first thought was ‘Oh – yet another guide to the Ypres Salien…
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Lieutenant Martin’s Letters: F.W.S. Martin, …
Reviewed by R. Buckley, B.A., Ph. D. Cantab. Lieutenant Fred Martin, M.M., the author’s uncle, was born in Queensland i…
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Nobody of any importance: a Foot Soldier’s Me…
Reviewed by Michael Lucas. Nobody of any Importance is a lengthy and detailed account, written from memory, in the 1970…
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A Soldier of the 6th Division, incorporating …
Reviewed by Michael Lucas. A Soldier of the 6th Division includes an account, written from memory in 1976, by Thomas Br…
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I Embarked for France: The War Diaries and le…
Reviewed by Linda Parker. Although this narrative of a family’s journey and the mixed fortunes of war is focused on Eve…
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