First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.

Songs of the Great War
Songs of the Great War Patricia Hammond is a classically trained mezzo soprano who has a fascination for t...
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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...
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Major & Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield...
Major and Mrs Holt’s Definitive Battlefield Guide Tonie and Valmai Holt Seventh GPS Edition Somme 100th Anniversary...
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The Somme and Beyond: The BEF on the Weste...
The British Army’s Experience on the Western Front 1916-1918 Written by Peter Simkins ISBN 978 1 78159 312 7 254pp....
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Swansea Pals: A History of the 14th (Servi...
First reviewed by David Filsell for Stand To! 74 September 2005 The Swansea Pals is the history of a Service Battalio...
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Understanding the Ypres Salient. An Illumi...
Reviewed by Stephen Broomfield. On receiving this book my first thought was ‘Oh – yet another guide to the Ypres Sali...
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Lieutenant Martin’s Letters: F.W.S. Marti...
Reviewed by R. Buckley, B.A., Ph. D. Cantab. Lieutenant Fred Martin, M.M., the author’s uncle, was born in Queensland...
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Nobody of any importance: a Foot Soldier’s...
Reviewed by Michael Lucas. Nobody of any Importance is a lengthy and detailed account, written from memory, in the 19...
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A Soldier of the 6th Division, incorporati...
Reviewed by Michael Lucas. A Soldier of the 6th Division includes an account, written from memory in 1976, by Thomas...
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I Embarked for France: The War Diaries and...
Reviewed by Linda Parker. Although this narrative of a family’s journey and the mixed fortunes of war is focused on E...
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The Brothers Two: The War Letters of Willi...
Reviewed by Phil Curme. The letters of Private Bright Fraser, Artists Rifles, and his brother Signalman William Frase...
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Best Love to All: The letters and diaries...
Reviewed by Phil Curme. The soldier’s experience during the First World War is far from neglected. The number of biog...
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