Book Reviews by academics, amateur historians, WFA members and keen readers.
'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 & John…
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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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Old Soldier Sahib
ISBN: 0 9547252 1 12 Hb 269 pp Edited by Krijnen. H J & Langley. D E. In 1933 the first of two books by Frank Ric…
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Slaughter on the Somme 1st July 1916
Slaughter on the Somme 1st July 1916 The Complete War Diaries of the British Army's Worst Day Martin Mace & John …
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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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