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The First World War (Part 1 of Mr B's
The first of Mr B's series of histories, plays and novels emanating from some of the most horrific conflicts in history. We begin with the war that was perhaps less respectful of human life than any other either before or after. Nevertheless, or perhaps consequently, it produced some of the most powerful wartime writing. Everything's here - from historical analyses to soldier's perspectives from the German and English trenches.
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A Very Long Engagement Sebastian Japrisot The fiance of a young French soldier lost in action during World War One becomes suspicious at the official reports of how he was killed. A letter leads her to gradually uncover the full distasteful circumstances behind his death and that of four other soldier… |
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All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque The classic account of the horror, dislocation, and meaninglessness of World War One - "We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces." If you want to know about the strategies and the tactics, or why it happened or ho… |
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Birdsong Sebastian Faulks Along with Pat Barker's "Regeneration" trilogy this book marked a renewed interest on historical fiction centred on World War One and will most likely prove partly responsible for ensuring that another generation never forgets the horrors of that war. Faulks' descrip… |
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Forgotten Victory: The First World War: Myths and Realities Gary Sheffield Lions led by Donkeys? Apparently not, according to Gary Sheffield in this revisionist work that tackles some of the myths and received wisdom that we take for granted. Paperback - Headline - 2002… |
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Goodbye to all That Robert Graves The classic British account of the war and the very different worlds that it destroyed and created. "Goodbye to all that", the biography of Robert Graves, is the British "All quiet on the western front". Paperback - Penguin - 1999… |
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Journey's End R. C. Sheriff This excellent play is a relatively short account of the first world war which is unusual as it concentrates on life in the trenches for officers rather than more lowly ranks. That does not stop it bringing home the tragedy of the war as well as some less commonly portrayed emotions - such… |
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Never Such Innocence: Poems of the First World War Martin Stephen Not just the obvious ones. Wilfred Owen et al are here, but also popular songs of the day and poems by women waiting for news of loved ones. This anthology, more than most, offers voices of the people, in trauma and at the threshold of the democratic age. Paperback - Phoenix P… |
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Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and its Attempt to End War Margaret MacMillan How did the Peace go so horribly wrong? Could it have gone any better? Did you hear the one about the Englishman, the Frenchman, and the American (and the Italian)? The whole world and his aunt was in Paris badgering three old men (and an Italian) for a stake in the new w… |
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Regeneration Barker, Pat The first in Pat Barker's "Regeneration" trilogy. This book is primarily set in the Craiglockhart hospital where shell-shock victims and other soldiers mentally affected by the appalling scenes they have witnessed in the trenches of Flanders and France try to recove… |
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Strange Meeting Susan Hill A story of the horror and tragedy of war and the powerful friendship and love that developed between the men fighting it. Just like the Barker's "Regeneration" trilogy this novel's power is in the way that it looks more closely at the multifaceted ment… |
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The First World War: A New History Hew Strachan A new, global analysis of the war and Britain's role; and a consideration of the wider issues at stake and the war's overwhelming influence on the short twentieth century. Paperback - Free Press - 2006 … |
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The Pity of War Niall Ferguson Always controversial, Niall Ferguson gives us the benefit of his wisdom on the first world war and its aftermath. Received it isn't. Whether you agree or not it makes stimulating and thought provoking reading. Paperback - Penguin - 2006… |
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