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Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front by Richard Holmes (Paperback, 2005)

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The first history of World War I to place centre-stage the British soldier who fought in the trenches, this superb and important book tells the story of an epic and terrible war through the letters, diaries and memories of those who fought it. Of the six million men who served in the British army, nearly one million lost their lives and over two million were wounded. This is the story of these men - epitomised by the character of Sgt Tommy Atkins - and the women they left behind. Using previously unseen letters, diaries, memoirs and poetry from the years 1914-1918, Richard Holmes paints a moving picture of the generation that fought and died in the mud of Flanders. He follows men whose mental health was forever destroyed by shell shock, women who lost husbands and brothers in the same afternoon and those who wrote at lunchtime and died before tea. Groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed, this book tells the real story of trench warfare, the strength and fallibility of the human spirit, the individuals behind an epic event, and their legacy. It is an emotional and unforgettable masterpiece from one of our most important historians.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Harpercollins Publishers
ISBN-13
9780007137527
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96687052

Product Key Features

Author
Richard Holmes
Publication Name
Tommy: the British Soldier ON the Western Front
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
752 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
520g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Richard Holmes
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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