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Author : Vera Brittain
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140188448
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (884 download)
Download or read book Testament of Youth written by Vera Brittain and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1994 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An autobiographical account of a young nurse's involvement in World War I
Author : Constance M. Ruzich
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350106453
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book International Poetry of the First World War written by Constance M. Ruzich and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging far beyond the traditional canon, this ground-breaking anthology casts a vivid new light on poetic responses to the First World War. Bringing together poems by soldiers and non-combatants, patriots and dissenters, and from all sides of the conflict across the world, International Poetry of the First World War reveals the crucial public role that poetry played in shaping responses to and the legacies of the conflict. Across over 150 poems, this anthology explores such topics as the following: · Life at the Front · Psychological trauma · Noncombatants and the home front · Rationalising the war · Remembering the dead · Peace and the aftermath of the war With contextual notes throughout, the book includes poems written by authors from America, Australia, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, and South Africa.
Author : David Hargreaves
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1913532666
Total Pages : 2186 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (135 download)
Download or read book As We Were written by David Hargreaves and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 2186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fought between 1914 and 1918, World War One - The Great War - was the most titanic and devastating conflict the world had yet seen. Detailing the course of the war week-by-week and the intimate accounts and experiences of soldiers and civilians alike, As We Were offers insight like no other into a war that impacted generations the world over.
Author : Marie Connor Leighton
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752410159
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Boy of My Heart written by Marie Connor Leighton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Boy of My Heart by Marie Connor Leighton
Author : Tonie Holt
Publisher : Leo Cooper Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Violets from Oversea written by Tonie Holt and published by Leo Cooper Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "war poets" have become synonymous with World War I. This account of poetry in World War I features 25 poets, including Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves and Rupert Brooke, among many others. Some of the poets glorified the war; some hated it. Some wrote poems specifically about events of the war; others focused on perennial human concerns. Some, like Robert Graves, went on to distinguished post-war careers; some, like Rupert Brooke, did not survive. The best-loved poems of each poet are featured, as well as a biographical summary that places the poet firmly in the battlefield context in which the poems were written. The Holts are the foremost authorities on the battlefields of World War I and know specifically where each poet served and where each is buried, in the case of those killed in action. The book's 40 color illustrations include a portrait of each poet, captioned with rank, unit and major decorations won, as well as 15 other scenes of the war.
Author : Tonie Holt
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783830239
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (838 download)
Download or read book Somme written by Tonie Holt and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-09-13 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Somme is the epicentre for most people in the study of the First World War from a UK and Commonwealth perspective. Today the landscape and terrain are dedicated to the soldiers that fought and died there and Major and Mrs Holt's Pocket Guide to the Somme has been put together to take you around the area. This book, part of a new series of guides, is designed conveniently in a small size, for those who have only limited time to visit, or who are simply interested in as an introduction to the historic battlefields, whether on the ground or from an armchair. They contain selections from the Holts' more detailed guides of the most popular and accessible sites plus handy tourist information, capturing the essential features of the Battles. The book contains many full colour maps and photographs and detailed instructions on what to see and where to visit.
Author : Mandy Kirkby
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447249933
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)
Download or read book Love Letters of the Great War written by Mandy Kirkby and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the private papers of Winston Churchill to the tender notes of an unknown Tommy in the trenches, Love Letters of the Great War brings together some of the most romantic correspondence ever written. Many of the letters collected here are eloquent declarations of love and longing; others contain wrenching accounts of fear, jealousy and betrayal; and a number share sweet dreams of home. But in all the correspondence – whether from British, American, French, German, Russian, Australian and Canadian troops in the height of battle, or from the heartbroken wives and sweethearts left behind – there lies a truly human portrait of love and war. A century on from the First World War, these letters offer an intimate glimpse into the hearts of men and women separated by conflict, and show how love can transcend even the bleakest and most devastating of realities. Edited and introduced by Mandy Kirkby, with a foreword from Orange Prize-winner Helen Dunmore.
Author : Tony Spagnoly
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783830352
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (838 download)
Download or read book Salient Points Five written by Tony Spagnoly and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As with previous books in the series, 'Salient Points 5' features a number of stories of the individuals and units taking part in these Great War actions. Included in this edition are the London Irish at Hollebeke, the 2nd Grenadier Guards at Klien-Zillebeke, the birth of the notorious Birdcage at Polegsteert, the fate of 2nd/Lt. Paul J Rodocanachi R F C at Torreken Farm, Poet Roland Leightons death near Gommecourt Wood, the 10th, 11th and 13th Cheshires at St Yves and Le Gheer, the 7th Inniskillings Fusiliers at Wytschaete, the London Rifle Brigade at Ploegsteert and the 2nd Royal Welch at Loos. Also included are two stories covering recent events concerning the military burials of the remains of two Lancashire Fusiliers at Prowse Point Military Cemetery and a reflective wander around the Ypres Town Cemetery and Extension. All bring to the Great War enthusiast a more personalized view of the men, the events in which they took part and the areas where they were involved.
Author : Anne Powell
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752480367
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book A Deep Cry written by Anne Powell and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lives, deaths, poetry, diaries and extracts from letters of sixty-six soldier-poets are brought together in this limited edition of Anne Powell's unique anthology; a fitting commemoration for the centenary of the First World War. These poems are not simply the works of well-known names such as Wilfred Owen – though they are represented – they have been painstakingly collected from a multitude of sources, and the relative obscurity of some of the voices makes the message all the more moving. Moreover, all but five of these soldiers lie within forty-five miles of Arras. Their deaths are described here in chronological order, with an account of each man's last battle. This in itself provides a revealing gradual change in the poetry from early naïve patriotism to despair about the human race and the bitterness of 'Dulce et Decorum Est'.
Author : Mark Bostridge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408188457
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Vera Brittain and the First World War written by Mark Bostridge and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vera Brittain and the First World War tells the remarkable story of the author behind Testament of Youth whilst charting the book's ascent to become one of the most loved memoirs of the First World War period. Such interest is set to expand even more in this centenary year of the war's outbreak. In the midst of her studies at Oxford when war broke out across Europe, Vera Brittain left university in 1915 to become a V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse, treating soldiers in London, Malta and Etaples in France. The events of the First World War were to have an enormous impact on her life. Four of Brittain's closest friends including her fiancé Roland Leighton and her brother Edward Brittain MC were killed in action, sparking a lifelong commitment to pacifism. In 1933 she published Testament of Youth, the first of three books dealing with her experience of war. In equal measures courageous, tragic and deeply fascinating, Testament of Youth is one of the most compelling and important works of war literature ever to have been written by a British woman. Mark Bostridge's Vera Brittain and the First World War, published to coincide with the film of Testament of Youth, explores the effects of the First World War on Vera Brittain, both in terms of her personal life and in terms of its effect on her development as a writer and her eventual decision to become a pacifist. Taking advantage of the interest generated by the film, it will bring her story to a new generation and incorporate the most up-to-date research. It will also include a short essay 'From Book to Film', describing the process of turning Testament of Youth into a major feature film. This will include interviews with the production staff and actors, as well as with members of Vera Brittain's family, including Shirley Williams. The film, which has been scripted by Juliette Towhidi and is being produced by BBC Films and Heyday Films, the makers of Harry Potter, is currently in production. Alicia Vikander (Anna Karenina) stars as Brittain, with Kit Harington (Game of Thrones, Pompeii) playing her fiancé Roland Leighton.
Author : Tonie Holt
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1848845960
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)
Download or read book My Boy Jack? written by Tonie Holt and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-03-24 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full account of the tragic life of John “Jack” Kipling, son of Rudyard Kipling, lost in battle during World War I. On September 27, 1915, John Kipling, the only son of Britain’s best loved poet, disappeared during the Battle of Loos. His body lay undiscovered for 77 years. Then, in a most unusual move, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) re-marked the grave of an unknown Lieutenant of the Irish Guards, as that of John Kipling. There is considerable evidence that John’s grave has been wrongly identified and for the first time in this book, the authors’ name the soldier they believe is buried in “John’s grave.” This is the first biography of John’s short life, analyzing the devastating effect it had on his famous father’s work.
Author : Tonie Holt
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783035099
Total Pages : 589 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to the Somme written by Tonie Holt and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-06-15 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major and Mrs. Holt's Battlefield Guide to the Somme is, without doubt, one of the best-selling guide books to the battlefields of the Somme. This latest updated edition, includes four recommended, timed itineraries representing one day's traveling. Every stop on route has an accompanying description and often a tale of heroic or tragic action.Memorials, private and official, sites of memorable conflict, the resting places of personalities of note are all drawn together with sympathetic and understanding commentary that gives the reader a sensitivity towards the events of 1916.
Author : Tonie Holt
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783461497
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)
Download or read book Normandy written by Tonie Holt and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-08-19 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compact traveler’s guide to the French region’s World War II historical sites, featuring planned itineraries of places to see and where to go. This guidebook covers the present-day battlefield and the actions that took place on and immediately behind the D-Day beaches, and Major and Mrs. Holt's Pocket Battlefield Guide to Normandy has been put together to take you around the area. This book is part of a new series of guides designed conveniently in a small size for those who have only limited time to visit, or who are simply interested in as an introduction to the historic battlefields, whether on the ground or from an armchair. They contain selections from the Holts’ more detailed guide of the most popular and accessible sites plus handy tourist information, capturing the essential features of the Battles. The book contains many full color maps and photographs and detailed instructions on what to see and where to visit.
Author : Elizabeth Vandiver
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199542740
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book Stand in the Trench, Achilles written by Elizabeth Vandiver and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2010-02-18 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the ways in which British poets of the First World War used classical literature, culture, and history as a source of images, ideas, and even phrases for their own poetry. Elizabeth Vandiver offers a new perspective on that poetry and on the history of classics in British culture.
Author : Scott Washburn
Publisher : Winged Hussar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1950423336
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (54 download)
Download or read book The Great Martian War written by Scott Washburn and published by Winged Hussar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the failure of their first scouting expedition to England in 1900, the Martians regrouped, developed means to deal with the deadly Earthly microorganisms, and landed again in 1908. Not just in one location, but all over the world. Their transport cylinders fell on every continent and in great number. Only England and Europe were spared this time.The first three books in the Great Martian War series dealt with the invasion in America. The Gathering Storm expands the narrative to Australia, Africa, and the Near East. The year is 1912 and the Martians have planned a vast coordinated offensive to link up their scattered conquests and assemble a force so powerful that nothing can resist it.
Author : Major Holt
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 0850525519
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Major & Mrs HoltÍs Battlefield Guide to Ypres Salient and Passchendaele written by Major Holt and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most complete guide to the First World War Battlefield of Ypres that has ever been published. Tonie and Valmai Holt, have condensed the knowledge gained from almost a quarter of a century of researching, writing about, visiting and conducting groups around Ypres into this remarkable book. Here are concise descriptions of the military elements of the battles woven into a kaleidoscope of human, literary and travel information. There are recommended, timed itineraries, in each itinerary representing one day's travelling. Every stop on the routes has an accompanying description and often a tale of heroic or tragic action.Memorials large and small, private and official, sites of memorable conflict, the resting places of personalities of note - they are all here and joined together by a sympathetic and understanding commentary that gives the reader a sensitivity toward the events of 1914-1918 that can only be matched by visiting the battlefield itself. This is a guide book written by people who, because they have been directly involved in taking tours themselves, know the form and type of information that best serves the visitor to the battlefield. NEW, FULLY UPDATED EDITION PACKAGED WITH A FREE, FULL COLOUR FOLD-OUT MAP WORTH '3.99
Author : Tonie Holt
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1781593787
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)
Download or read book Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to Operation Market Garden written by Tonie Holt and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the other books in the Holts' acclaimed Battlefield Guide Series (see inside front cover for details) this is much more than just a guidebook. It charts in fascinating detail what happened at each recommended stop and brings alive, with cameos and personal recollections, the dramatic events of September 1944.??It is the very first detailed guide to chart the entire MARKET-GARDEN Corridor - from Leopoldsburg in Belgium and over the important bridges at the Scheldt-Maas Canal, the Wilhelmina Canal, the Zuid Willemsvaart Canal, the Maas and the Waal to the Bridge at Arnhem over the Lower Rhine - the 'Bridge Too Far'.??There are stories of gallantry, despair, humour, fear and dogged persistence??- here was a hidden execution ground and cemetery in Belgium?- here Pfc Joe Mann threw himself onto a grenade to save his buddies?- here the 504th PIR made the daring crossing over the Waal?- here was Diogenes, the Germans' menacing secret bunker?- here twin brothers of the British Airborne were killed together?- here Colonel Johnny Frost clung on for 4 desperate days??This third edition includes:?? An UPDATE Section with GPS locations, new/changed Memorials, Museums and Tourist Information? An Approach Route and five recommended timed Itineraries? Sketch maps in all the Itineraries? Memorials to the liberating Allies and the suffering Civilians? Museums, sites of DZs and LZs? Allied and German Cemeteries and Information on their War Graves Associations? Historical background to and summary of the Operation? Holland after the battles to the present day? Information on Veterans' and Commemorative Associations and Events? Useful tourist information? Full colour illustrations throughout
