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1914 The Days of Hope

This is an account of the first few months of the Great War, from the build up of the fighting to the first battle of Ypres, written by the author of Somme, They called it Passchendaele and The Roses of No Man's Land.  Lyn Macdonald is an established and popular author and historian of the First World War; this book "1914 The Days of Hope" follows in the same tradition. She has collected a mass of orriginal accounts some by old soldiers, some in the form of diaries and journalsincluding by French civilians.  A must for understanding the first mobile stage of the War. Highly recommended for any serious student of WW1.

ISBN 0-14-011651-6

 

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