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Letters From the Front: Letters and Diaries from the Bef in Flanders and France, 1914-1918.
Kevin Smith
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Description for Letters From the Front: Letters and Diaries from the Bef in Flanders and France, 1914-1918.
Paperback.
A generation raised on the British Empire confronted the unexpected horrors of modern war. Never were a nation's expectations so different from the coming clash of the First World War. Expecting a vigorous romp to victory, soldiers endured a brutal quagmire. Presenting letters & diaries of soldiers themselves, many unseen for nearly a hundred years, Smith allows men from Field Marshall "Douggy" Haig to plain Private Smith to have a clear voice. With enough narrative to recall how the Great War unfolded, a wealth of vivid detail brings the miserable life in the trenches back to life. What began with ... Read more
A generation raised on the British Empire confronted the unexpected horrors of modern war. Never were a nation's expectations so different from the coming clash of the First World War. Expecting a vigorous romp to victory, soldiers endured a brutal quagmire. Presenting letters & diaries of soldiers themselves, many unseen for nearly a hundred years, Smith allows men from Field Marshall "Douggy" Haig to plain Private Smith to have a clear voice. With enough narrative to recall how the Great War unfolded, a wealth of vivid detail brings the miserable life in the trenches back to life. What began with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781553381
SKU
V9781781553381
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About Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith has earned degrees from LaSalle, Lehigh, and Ohio State Universities. He has taught in the Columbus Ohio Public Schools and Columbus State Community College and knows how to make history interesting. His years of study and teaching about the First World War are reflected in this lively product of extensive research in Belgium and Britain.
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