All Quiet on the Home Front: An Oral History of Life in Britain During the First World War - Couverture souple

Van Emden, Richard; Humphries, Steve

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1473891949 ISBN 13 : 9781473891944

Editeur : Pen & Sword Military, 2017

Synopsis

The truth about the sacrifice and suffering on the home front during World War I is rarely discussed. In this book, some of the oldest men and women in the country speak about experiences and events that have remained buried for 85 years. Their testimony shows the same candour and courage we have become accustomed to hearing from veterans of the western front. Those interviewed include a survivor of a Zeppelin raid on Hull in 1915, a Welsh munitions worker recruited as a girl, and a woman rescued from a bombed school after five days. There are also accounts of rural famine, bereavement and the effects on families back home, and even the story of a woman who planned to kill her family to save them further suffering.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

RICHARD VAN EMDEN graduated from Newcastle University in 1988, and obtained an MA from Reading University in the following year. After working as a journalist he became a freelance writer and researcher. Having worked on several historically-based television series, he wrote his first book, Tickled to Death to Go which he has followed up with several highly acclaimed and commercially successful titles, including Britains Last Tommies, Boy Soldiers, The Last Fighting Tommy, The Quick and the Dead, Meeting the Enemy and Tommys Ark.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pen & Sword Military
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1473891949
• ISBN 13: 9781473891944
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 334
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible