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  • Famous, 1914–1918

    by Victor Piuk, Richard van Emden ...
    The World War I experiences of twenty British soldiers who went on to find either fame or infamy.Famous tells stories of the Great War from twenty of Britain's most respected, best known and even notorious celebrities. They include politicians, actors, writers, an explorer, a sculptor and even a murderer. The generation that grew up in the late nineteenth century enlisted enthusiastically in the ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

    Accounts of British Soldiers and Their Protectors in the Great War

    by John Anderson, Victor Piuk ...
    As 1914 ends, the war which was supposed to be over by Christmas, had settled down to an entrenched stalemate. Trapped behind enemy lines are many British soldiers who are hidden by brave French families. The risks are high for both fugitives and their protectors. This book tells their story, while focussing on a young Scot who emerges from hiding as Mademoiselle Louise, leading an amazing double ... Read more

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  • Tommy

    The British Soldier on the Western Front

    by Richard Holmes ...
    Groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed, Tommy is the first history of World War I to place the British soldier who fought in the trenches centre-stage.Tommy tells the story of an epic and terrible war through the letters, diaries and memories of those who fought it. Epitomised by the character of Sgt Tommy Atkins, Richard Holmes portrays the strength and fallibility of the human spirit, the ... Read more

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  • Soldiers

    Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors

    by Richard Holmes ...
    From the redcoat who served Charles II to the modern, camouflage-clad guard at Camp Bastion, from battlefield to barrack-room, this is a magisterial social history of the British soldier.Since 1660 the army has evolved and adapted, but the social organisation of the men has changed less, with the major combat arms retaining many of the characteristics familiar to those who fought at Blenheim, ... Read more

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  • The Imperial War Museum Book of the Western Front

    by Malcolm Brown ...
    An unrivalled and readable introduction to the years of Trench Warfare' TESThe First World War was won and lost on the Western Front. Covering the whole war, from the guns of August 1914 to the sudden silence of the November 1918 Armistice, the IWM Book of the Western Front reveals what life was really like for the men and women involved. With first-hand accounts of off-duty entertainments, trench ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Manchester Pals

    A History of the Two Manchester Brigades

    by Michael Stedman ...
    Unlike its near neighbour, working-class Salford, Manchester proved able to raise eight Pals battalions. Initially, these battalions were composed of middle-class men who experience before the war years was within the commercial, financial and manufacturing interests which formed the foundations of Edwardian Manchesters life and prosperity. Manchester was undeniably proud of its pals battalions; ... Read more

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  • The Monocled Mutineer

    The First World War's Best Kept Secret: The Etaples Mutiny

    by John Fairley, William Allison ...
    In 1917, British, New Zealander and Australian troops stationed at the Étaples Training Camp in northern France protested against the inhuman conditions. The mutineers commandeered the camp's weapons and marched into Étaples, holding the town for three days, attacking military police and the commander of the training camp, General Thompson.Several of the mutineers were executed, but Toplis ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Birmingham Pals

    14th, 15th & 16th (Service) Battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, A History of the Three City Battalions Raised in Birmingham in World War One

    by Terry Carter ...
    In the summer of 1914, our finest young men flocked to the colors in Northern towns and cities to answer Lord Kitcheners Call to Arms in a spontaneous burst of enthusiasm and patriotism. The Call appealed to their sense of adventure and offered an escape from the humdrum life of office, factory and mill.The new recruits volunteered with brothers, cousins, friends and work mates. The newly formed ... Read more

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  • A Very Unimportant Officer

    The extraordinary true story of life and death in the WWI trenches

    by Captain Alexander Stewart, Cameron Stewart, Alexander Stewart ...
    Rediscovered after decades spent gathering dust on a family bookshelf, this is the moving account of the life of Captain Stewart, an ordinary officer in the front line in France and Flanders throughout 1916 and 1917.Recruited to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1915 at the age of 33, Captain Stewart went 'over the top' many times, outliving 'so many better men', as he says with typical ... Read more

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  • Retreat and Rearguard, 1914

    The BEF's Actions From Mons to the Marne

    by Jerry Murland ...
    The British action at Mons on 23 August 1914 was the catalyst for what became a full blown retreat over 200 blood drenched miles. This book examines eighteen of the desperate rearguard actions that occurred during the twelve days of this near rout. While those at Le Cateau and Nery are well chronicled, others such as cavalry actions at Morsain and Taillefontaine, the Connaught Rangers at Le Grand ... Read more

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  • The Road Home

    The Aftermath of the Great War Told by the Men and Women Who Survived It

    by Max Arthur ...
    How the men and women of Britain found 'the road home' after the Great War. From the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE LOST POST.11am, 11.11.1918: the war is finally over.After four long years Britain welcomed her heroes home. Wives and mothers were reunited with loved ones they'd feared they'd never see again. Fathers met sons and daughters born during the war years for the very first time. ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Public Schools Battalion in the Great War

    'Goodbye Piccadilly'

    by Steve Hurst ...
    "The experience of combat was never more horrific than on the Western Front, come to life in this notable addition to the literature of war." — Washington ExaminerFounded in August 1914 with the principle that recruiting would be restricted to public school old boys, the volunteers gathered at Hurst Park racecourse in a spirit of youthful enthusiasm. A more somber mood soon set in. Despite many of ... Read more

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