First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.
The Other First World War: The Blood–Soake...
The Other First World War: The Blood–Soaked Russian Fronts 1914–1922 The History Press, £16.99, 256pp, soft back, 38...
Read MoreDeath of a Hero by Richard Aldington
Published by Chatto & Windus London, 1929 With reference to an unabridged edition. Paperback, 376 pages Published...
Read MoreRichard Aldington: Poet, Soldier and Lover...
The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, 2014, 414pp. In Richard Aldington: Poet, Soldier and Lover, the author Vivien Whelp...
Read MoreHistory's Greatest Heist: the Looting of R...
Yale, 2008 $38, 228 pp, ills, index. ISBN 978 0 3001 3558 9 This is a factual tale of cops and robbers, mainly robb...
Read MoreFrom the Dardanelles to Dunkirk by Peter H...
From the Dardanelles to Dunkirk Peter Hodgkinson and Andrew Rice Printed by Amazon, 2022. 299 pp. 19 photos, 8 maps...
Read MoreFilm Review : '1918 The Battle of Kruty' b...
1918 The Battle of Kruty is top and tailed by a contemporary Ukrainian soldier visiting the memorial to those killed...
Read More‘The Life and Last Words of Wilfrid Ewart’...
Wilfrid Ewart, journalist and author, served in the Scots Guards 1915-1919. A prolific writer, he kept a notebook wit...
Read MoreWay of Revelation (1921) by Wilfred Ewart
Wilfred Herbert as portrayed in Graham Stephen's 'The Life and Last Words of Wilfred Ewart' (1924) At the time of hi...
Read MoreChronicle of the First World War Vol I &...
Chronicle of the First World War Vol I 356 pp. Casebound. £20. Facts on File. 1990. ISBN 0 8160 2139 2. [This rev...
Read MoreBeneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers' W...
Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers' War 1914- 1918 Peter Barton, Peter Doyle and Johan Vandewalle Spellmount. 30...
Read MoreThe Kinmel Park Camp Riots 1919 by J Putko...
55pp. Illustrated. Card covers. Flintshire Historical Society. £2.50. £3.50 by post from Clwyd County Record Office...
Read MoreFirst World War Photographers by Jane Carm...
167pp, many illustrations. Casebound. Routledge. £16.95. (1989 pricing) Second hand copies available for under £5 (2...
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