The First World War Centenary
The Country House at War by Simon Greaves explores the First World War through the experiences of the people who lived and worked at properties that later became part of the National Trust. Using previously unpublished letters, diaries and memoirs, Simon Greaves paints a vivid picture of how society was torn apart by the years of conflict, and reveals touching personal stories from the trenches and the Home Front.
RRP: £20.00
ISBN: 9781907892776
Illustrations: 200
First World War Poems, edited by Jane McMorland Hunter, is an anthology of over 100 poems written during and about the First World War. There are all the famous frontline poets – including Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Edward Thomas – but also civilians writing from the Home Front, including Rudyard Kipling and Vera Brittain, and some previously unpublished poets.
The book is illustrated throughout with evocative paintings and posters from the First World War.
RRP: 12.99
ISBN: 9781909881105
Illustrations: 30 colour illustrations
The Wipers Times is the famous First World War trench newspaper which inspired the BBC drama of the same name. With its black humour, pastiche articles and fake advertisments, this collection constitutes a unique insight into life in the trenches, and the value of laughing in the face of adversity.
RRP: £9.99
ISBN: 9781844862337
Illustrations: Original line illustrations
The Backwash of War is a collection of vignettes depicting life in a front line field hospital as seen through the eyes of volunteer nurse Ellen N. La Motte. Her first hand observations and comments, sometimes cynical, sometimes poignant, retain a freshness and continue to make for compelling reading. Her graphic and highly vivid studies of how modern weapons of war can truly wreck the human body and mind remain a potent reminder of the true costs of conflict.
RRP: £8.99
ISBN: 9781844862580
Harry’s War by Harry Stinton is a touching, brutally honest diary of a First World War soldier. It combines frank, unadorned prose with the author’s own evocative paintings to form a unique historical document, admirable for its unromantic, matter-of-fact outlook in coping dutifully with horrific conditions. Harry was a member of a bombing platoon – known amongst soldiers as the ”suicide club”, because of the extreme danger involved, attacking enemy trenches at close range.
RRP: £9.99
ISBN: 9781844862559
Illustrations: 65 paintings and sketches
War Game by Michael Foreman is an informative and heartfelt children’s book about the First World War and the Christmas Day cease-fire football match in no-mans-land.
This special lavish new edition of a modern classic – winner of the Smarties Grand Prize – contains a special new introduction from Michael Foreman, additional new illustrations and 4 pages of extra background material on the First World War and football during the war.
RRP: £12.99
ISBN: 9781843651789
Illustrations: Colour illustrations throughout