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10%OFFArthur Donald Gristwood - The Somme Also Including the Coward - 9781612003801 - V9781612003801
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The Somme Also Including the Coward

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`The million British dead have left no books behind. What they felt as they died hour by hour in the mud, or were choked horribly with gas, or relinquished their reluctant lives on stretchers, no witness tells. But here is a book that almost tells it......Mr Gristwood has had the relentless simplicity to recall things as they were; he was as nearly dead as he could be without dying, and he has smelt the stench of his own corruption. This is the story of millions of men - of millions.' - H. G. Wells, from the preface In The ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Casemate Classic War Fiction
Condition
New
Weight
195g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781612003801
SKU
V9781612003801
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Arthur Donald Gristwood
Arthur Donald Gristwood was born in 1893. He enlisted in 1915, joining the 5th London Regiment. He was later discharged due to injuries. After the war, Gristwood struck up a friendship with H. G. Wells, who was impressed by his writing and encouraged him. Through Well's influence, the book was published by Jonathan Cape in 1927. He committed suicide in ... Read more

Reviews for The Somme Also Including the Coward
Together, these works offer a vivid, immersive view of the First World War and the suffering it inflicted on the men who fought it.
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