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The 1916 Battle of the Somme: A Reappraisalby Peter H. LiddleISBN 0850523494 (0-85052-349-4)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Battle of the Somme: A Topographical Historyby Gerald GliddonISBN 0750919833 (0-7509-1983-3)
Softcover, Motorbooks Intl
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Birdsongby Sebastian FaulksISBN 0679776818 (0-679-77681-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Courceletteby Paul ReedISBN 0850525926 (0-85052-592-6)
Softcover, Pen & Sword Books Limited
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The Englishman's Daughterby Ben MacIntyreISBN 0374129851 (0-374-12985-1)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Englishman's Daughter'Book summary:"I have a rendezvous with death, at some disputed barricade." Alan Seeger, 1916[via]
In the first days of World War I four soldiers, left behind as the British army retreated through northern France under the first German onslaught, found themselves trapped on the wrong side of the Western Front, in a tiny village called Villeret. Just a few miles from the Somme, the village would be permanently inundated with German troops for the next four years, yet the villagers conspired to feed, clothe and protect the fugitives under the very noses of the invaders, absorbing the Englishmen into their homes and lives until they could pass for Picardy peasants.
The leader of the band, Robert Digby, was a striking young man who fell in love with Claire Dessenne, the prettiest maid in the village. In November 1915, with the guns clearly audible from the battlefront, Claire gave birth to Digby's child, the jealous whispering began, and the conspiracy that had protected the soldiers for half the war started to unravel.
Never before told, The Englishman's Daughter is a harrowing tale of love, duplicity and their tragic consequences, which haunt the people of Villeret eight decades after the Great War.More editions of The Englishman's Daughter:
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The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War Iby Ben MacintyreISBN 0385336799 (0-385-33679-9)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I'Book summary:In the first terrifying days of World War I, four British soldiers found themselves trapped behind enemy lines on the western front. They were forced to hide in the tiny French village of Villeret, whose inhabitants made the courageous decision to shelter the fugitives until they could pass as Picard peasants.
The Englishmans Daughter is the never-before-told story of these extraordinary men, their protectors, and of the haunting love affair between Private Robert Digby and Claire Dessenne, the most beautiful woman in Villeret. Their passion would result in the birth of a child known as The Englishmans Daughter, and in an act of unspeakable betrayal, a tragic legacy that would haunt the village for generations to come.
Through the testimonies of the villagers and the last letters of the soldiers, acclaimed journalist Ben Macintyre has pieced together a harrowing account of how life was lived behind enemy lines during the Great War, and offers a compelling solution to a gripping mystery that reverberates to this day. [via]More editions of The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I:
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The Face of Battleby John KeeganISBN 0140048979 (0-14-004897-9)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Face of Battle'Book summary:The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at the point of maximum danger. It examines the physical conditions of fighting, the particular emotions and behaviour generated by battle, as well as the motives that impel soldiers to stand and fight rather than run away. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles, John Keegan vividly conveys their reality for the participants, whether facing the arrow cloud of Agincourt, the levelled muskets of Waterloo or the steel rain of the Somme. [via]
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- The Face of Battle: ISBN 0844671266 (0-8446-7126-6)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc - The Face of Battle: ISBN 0880290838 (0-88029-083-8)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble - The Face of Battle: ISBN 0394724038 (0-394-72403-8)
Hardcover, Vintage Books - The Face of Battle: ISBN 0670304328 (0-670-30432-8)
Hardcover, Viking Press - The Face of Battle: ISBN 0140048979 (0-14-004897-9)
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The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Sommeby John KeeganISBN 0712621202 (0-7126-2120-2)
Hardcover, Barrie & Jenkins
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The First Day on the Somme 1 July 1916by Martin MiddlebrookISBN 0140171347 (0-14-017134-7)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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- The First Day on the Somme: 1 July 1916: ISBN 0141390719 (0-14-139071-9)
Softcover, Penguin Uk - The First Day on the Somme 1 July 1916: ISBN 039305442X (0-393-05442-X)
Hardcover, Norton - The First Day on the Somme 1 July 1916: ISBN 0713901942 (0-7139-0194-2)
Hardcover, Allen Lane - The First Day on the Somme 1 July 1916: ISBN 0140171347 (0-14-017134-7)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
- The First Day on the Somme: 1 July 1916: ISBN 0141390719 (0-14-139071-9)
The First World War: A Complete Historyby Martin GilbertISBN 0805047344 (0-8050-4734-4)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The First World War: A Complete History'Book summary:The acclaimed British historian offers a majestic, single-volume work incorporating all major fronts-domestic, diplomatic, military-for "a stunning achievement of research and storytelling"[via]
(Publishers Weekly)
It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would end officially almost five years later. Unofficially, it has never ended: the horrors we live with today were born in the First World War.
It left millions-civilians and soldiers-maimed or dead. And it left us with new technologies of death: tanks, planes, and submarines; reliable rapid-fire machine guns and field artillery; poison gas and chemical warfare. It introduced us to U-boat packs and strategic bombing, to unrestricted war on civilians and mistreatment of prisoners. Most of all, it changed our world. In its wake, empires toppled, monarchies fell, whole populations lost their national identities as political systems, and geographic boundaries were realigned. Instabilities were institutionalized, enmities enshrined. And the social order shifted seismically. Manners, mores, codes of behavior; literature and the arts; education and class distinctions-all underwent a vast sea change. And in all these ways, the twentieth century can be said to have been born on the morning of June 28, 1914.
"One of the first books that anyone should read in beginning to try to understand this war and this century."
-The New York Times Book Review (cover)More editions of The First World War: A Complete History:
- The First World War: A Complete History: ISBN 0805076174 (0-8050-7617-4)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co - First World War: ISBN 0297813129 (0-297-81312-9)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson - The First World War: A Complete History: ISBN 080501540X (0-8050-1540-X)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co - The First World War: A Complete History: ISBN 0805047344 (0-8050-4734-4)
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- The First World War: A Complete History: ISBN 0805076174 (0-8050-7617-4)
The German Army on the Somme, 1914-1916by Jack SheldonISBN 1844152693 (1-84415-269-3)
Hardcover, Pen & Sword
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The Illustrated Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Sommeby John KeeganISBN 0670827037 (0-670-82703-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Missing of the Sommeby Geoff DyerISBN 1842124501 (1-84212-450-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Other Paths to Gloryby Anthony PriceISBN 0445406666 (0-445-40666-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Sommeby Lyn MacdonaldISBN 0689708122 (0-689-70812-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Sommeby Peter HartISBN 0304367354 (0-304-36735-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Somme Battlefields: A Comprehensive Guide from Crecy to the Two World Warsby Martin MiddlebrookISBN 0140128476 (0-14-012847-6)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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The Somme: Heroism and Horror in the First World Warby Martin GilbertISBN 0805081275 (0-8050-8127-5)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Somme, Eyewitness History of Britainby Nigel Steel, Peter HartISBN 0297847058 (0-297-84705-8)
Hardcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Somme, Eyewitness History of Britain'Book summary:On 1 July 1916, Douglas Haig's army launched the 'Big Push' that was supposed finally to bring an end to the stalemate on the Western Front. What happened next was a human catastrophe: scrambling over the top into the face of the German machine guns and artillery fire, almost 20,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers were killed that day alone, and twice as many wounded - the greatest loss in a single day ever sustained by the British Army. The battle did not stop there, however. It dragged on for another 4 months, leaving the battlefield strewn with literally hundreds of thousands of bodies. The Somme has remained a byword for the futility of war ever since. In this major new history, Peter Hart describes how the battle looked from the point of view of those who fought it. Using never-before-seen eyewitness testimonies, he shows us this epic conflict from all angles. We see what it was like to crawl across No Man's Land in the face of the German guns, what it was like for those who stayed behind in the trenches - the padres, the artillerymen, the doctors. We also see what the battle looked like from the air, as the RFC battled to keep control of the skies above the battlefield. All this is put in the context of the background to the battle, and Haig's overall strategy for the Western Front, making this the most comprehensive history of the battle since Lyn MacDonald's bestselling work over 20 years ago. [via]
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Vimyby Pierre BertonISBN 0385658427 (0-385-65842-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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