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Below are a number of books associated with the First World War and reviews on them.  There is also a button at the bottom of the review which will take you to the appropiate Amazon book page - if you do buy please consider using Easy Fundraising.  Feel free to add further comments on the reviewed books, or comments on other books you have read about the Great War period.  You can do this at the tab marked "Your Stories" - your contributions will be very welcome.

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Veteran Volunteer: Memoir of the Trenches, Tanks and Captivity

Veteran Volunteer: Memoir of the Trenches, Tanks and Captivity

Posted: 10 Jun 15
jamie Vans presents his Great Uncle Frank Vans Agnew's diaries of and extraordinary life including WW1 service in the Canadian Cavalry and as a Tank Commander at Cambrai.Read more...
Five Children on the Western Front

Five Children on the Western Front

Posted: 23 Feb 15
A story for children about WW1Read more...
Somme

Somme

Posted: 01 Dec 14
Lyn MacdonaldRead more...
All quiet on the Western Front

All quiet on the Western Front

Posted: 01 Dec 14
Erich Maria RemarqueRead more...
World War 1

World War 1

Posted: 13 Nov 14
HP WillmottRead more...
1914 The Days of Hope

1914 The Days of Hope

Posted: 04 Nov 14
Lyn MacdonaldRead more...
The Imperial War Museum Book of the Western Front

The Imperial War Museum Book of the Western Front

Posted: 04 Nov 14
Malcolm BrownRead more...
World War I an Illustrated History

World War I an Illustrated History

Posted: 04 Nov 14
Lloyd ClarkRead more...
On the Western Front 1914-1918

On the Western Front 1914-1918

Posted: 04 Nov 14
John LaffinRead more...
The First World War

The First World War

Posted: 30 Oct 14
Dr John PimlottRead more...
Posters of the First World War

Posters of the First World War

Posted: 29 Oct 14
Maurice RickardsRead more...
The Great War

The Great War

Posted: 29 Oct 14
Correlli BarnettRead more...
The Soldier's War  The Great War through Veterans' Eyes

The Soldier's War The Great War through Veterans' Eyes

Posted: 21 Oct 14
Richard van EmdenRead more...
Catastrophe Europe goes to War 1914

Catastrophe Europe goes to War 1914

Posted: 21 Oct 14
Max HastingsRead more...
Great Britain's Great War

Great Britain's Great War

Posted: 15 Oct 14
Jeremy PaxmanRead more...
Somme Mud

Somme Mud

Posted: 15 Oct 14
EPF LynchRead more...
British Campaign Medals 1914 - 2005

British Campaign Medals 1914 - 2005

Posted: 15 Oct 14
Peter DuckersRead more...
Tracing Your First World War Ancestors

Tracing Your First World War Ancestors

Posted: 15 Oct 14
Simon FowlerRead more...
World War I  Day by Day

World War I Day by Day

Posted: 15 Oct 14
Alex HookRead more...
Edmund Blunden

Edmund Blunden

Posted: 14 Oct 14
Helen McPhail and Phillip GuestRead more...
The First World War  A very Short Introduction

The First World War A very Short Introduction

Posted: 14 Oct 14
Michael HowardRead more...
Warrior

Warrior

Posted: 14 Oct 14
The Amazing story of a real War HorseRead more...
The Macmillan Dictionary of The First World War

The Macmillan Dictionary of The First World War

Posted: 14 Oct 14
Stephen Pope & Elizabeth-Anne WhealRead more...
Eyewitness to War

Eyewitness to War

Posted: 14 Oct 14
The Finest writing about War by those who were thereRead more...
Six Weeks

Six Weeks

Posted: 14 Oct 14
The Short and Gallant Life of the British Officer in the First World War.Read more...
Suffering from Cheerfulness

Suffering from Cheerfulness

Posted: 13 Oct 14
The best bits from The Wipers TimesRead more...
The Kensington Battalion

The Kensington Battalion

Posted: 10 Oct 14
"Never lost a yard of trench"Read more...
The War the Infantry knew 1914-1919

The War the Infantry knew 1914-1919

Posted: 07 Oct 14
Captain JC Dunn DSO, MC and Bar, DCMRead more...
World War I Battlefields

World War I Battlefields

Posted: 21 Aug 14
Travel Guide to the Western Front: Sites, Museums, Memorials (Bradt Travel Guides) PaperbackRead more...
The Guns of August

The Guns of August

Posted: 19 Aug 14
The Guns of August (1962), also published as August 1914, is a volume of history by Barbara TuchmanRead more...