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The Lost Tommies
Ross Coulthart
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Description for The Lost Tommies
Hardcover. 'Lost Tommies' brings together never-before-seen images of Western Front tommies and their amazing stories in a beautiful collection that is part thriller, part family history and part national archive. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BTM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 303. Weight in Grams: 2030.
`Lost Tommies' brings together stunning never-before-seen images of Western Front tommies and their amazing stories in a beautiful collection that is part thriller, part family history and part national archive. For much of the First World War, the small French village of Vignacourt was always behind the front lines - as a staging point, casualty clearing station and recreation area for troops of all nationalities moving up to and then back from the battlefields on the Somme. Here, one enterprising photographer took the opportunity of offering portrait photographs. A century later, his stunning images were discovered, abandoned, ... Read more
`Lost Tommies' brings together stunning never-before-seen images of Western Front tommies and their amazing stories in a beautiful collection that is part thriller, part family history and part national archive. For much of the First World War, the small French village of Vignacourt was always behind the front lines - as a staging point, casualty clearing station and recreation area for troops of all nationalities moving up to and then back from the battlefields on the Somme. Here, one enterprising photographer took the opportunity of offering portrait photographs. A century later, his stunning images were discovered, abandoned, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780008103316
SKU
V9780008103316
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-24
About Ross Coulthart
Ross Coulthart, is an investigative journalist for Australian news and current affairs program 60 Minutes on Channel Nine. He is also a best-selling author of three books, including `Lost Diggers'. He lives in Australia.
Reviews for The Lost Tommies
`A revelatory cache of photographs of amazing quality. Their common, vulnerable humanity has never been more visible or more haunting' William Boyd, Books of the Year, Guardian `One of the most haunting laments for the slaughter of the First World War that I have ever seen. In their sheer variety and humanity the doomed men's faces are ... Read more