Blood and Iron: Letters from the Western Front - Couverture rigide

Butterworth, Hugh Montagu

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 184884297X ISBN 13 : 9781848842977

Editeur : Pen & Sword Military, 2011

Synopsis

Until now Hugh Butterworth was just one of the millions of lost soldiers of the Great War, and the extraordinary letters he sent home from the Western Front have been forgotten. But after more than ninety years of obscurity, these letters, which describe his experience of war in poignant detail, have been rediscovered, and they are published here in full. They are a moving, intensely personal and beautifully written record by an articulate and observant man who witnessed at first hand one of the darkest episodes in European history.

In civilian life Butterworth was a dedicated and much-loved schoolmaster and a gifted cricketer, who served with distinction as an officer in the Rifle Brigade from the spring of 1915. His letters give us a telling insight into the thoughts and reactions of a highly educated, sensitive and perceptive individual confronted by the horrors of modern warfare. He was killed on the Bellewaarde ridge near Ypres on 25 September 1915, and his last letter was written on the eve of the action in which he died.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pen & Sword Military
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184884297X
• ISBN 13: 9781848842977
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Cooksey Jon
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• Personne responsable: non disponible