Summary
‘What the reader will longest remember are the words - heartbroken, blunt, angry - of the men who lived through the bloodbath’ - Daily Mail
‘There was hardly a household in the land’, writes Lyn Macdonald, ‘there was no trade, occupation, profession or community, which was not represented in the thousands of innocent enthusiasts who made up the ranks of Kitchener’s Army before the Battle of the Somme…’
The year 1916 was one of the great turning-points in British history, as th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241952382 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241952387 |
| Author: | Lyn Macdonald |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 23 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 28mm |
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Somme expresses the full range of meaning of the word ‘grim’…I doubt if there are any better than this
Somme expresses the full range of meaning of the word ‘grim’…I doubt if there are any better than this – John Terraine * Daily Telegraph *
A worthy addition to the literature of the Great War * Daily Mail *
About The Author
Lyn Macdonald
Lyn Macdonald is one of the most highly regarded historians of the First World War. Her books tell the men’s stories in their own words and cast a unique light on the experiences of the ordinary ‘Tommy’. The Roses of No Man’s Land, Somme and They Called it Passchendaele have been recently reissued by Penguin. She lives near Cambridge.
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