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Empires of the Dead
Hardback,
26/09/2013,
£16.99
£10.19
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; the extraordinary and forgotten story behind the building of the First World War cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable and visionary man, Fabian Ware.
World War I and Urban Order: The Local Class Politics of National Mobilization
Paperback,
31/05/2017,
£19.99
£17.99
This book uses Portland, Oregon to bring to life the transformation of U.S. cities during the first truly national war mobilization effort. World War I had an enormous impact on urban life and the relationship between cities and the federal government that has been almost entirely unexplored until now.
1914: Fight the Good Fight: Britain, the Army and the Coming of the First World War
Hardback,
29/08/2013,
£25.00
£22.50
Explores and explains the grand strategic shift that occurred in the century before the war, the British Army's regeneration after its drubbings in its fight against the Boer in South Africa, its almost calamitous experience of the first twenty days' fighting in Flanders.
Missing of the Somme
Paperback,
08/11/2012,
£8.99
£8.09
'The great Great War book of our time.' Observer
Lab of One's Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War
Hardback,
18/01/2018,
£18.99
£17.09
2018 marks the centenary not only of the Armistice but also of women gaining the vote. A Lab of One's Own commemorates both anniversaries by exploring how the War gave female scientists, doctors, and engineers unprecedented opportunities to undertake endeavours normally reserved for men.
Day Sussex Died: A History of Lowther's Lambs to the Boar's Head Massacre
Paperback,
01/02/2016,
£15.99
£14.39
This book is a result of twelve years work, providing a detailed account of the events of The Battle of the Boar's Head, 30th June 1916 at the village of Richebourg. It is a testament to those men who served and gave up their lives in the service of their King, Country, and the Southdown Battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment, Lowther's Lambs.
Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World
Paperback,
07/06/2018,
£10.99
£9.89
Pale Rider is not just an excavation but a reimagining of the past' GuardianWith a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people and a global reach, the Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was the greatest human disaster, not only of the twentieth century, but possibly in all of recorded history.
First World War: A New History
Paperback,
13/02/2014,
£9.99
£8.99
A brilliant and penetrating history of the First World War by one of the world's foremost experts on the conflict. Reissued for the 100th Anniversary.
Pity of War
Paperback,
30/09/1999,
£12.99
£11.69
The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. Was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm and were the Germans a genuine threat? Was the war, as is often asserted, greeted with popular enthusiasm? Why did men keep on fighting when conditions were so wretched? This title deals with questions.
Routledge Atlas of the First World War 3ed
Paperback,
08/09/2008,
£16.99
£15.29
An atlas that sets out the course of the Great War, from its origins to its terrible legacy. It illustrates its military, social, political and economic aspects.
Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916
Paperback,
10/03/2016,
£12.99
£11.69
A Downing Street diary with a difference; offering a unique record and a fascinating insight into the British government during WWI, written by Margot Asquith, the wife of the prime minister, H. H. Asquith.
Great War Britain: The First World war at home
Hardback,
02/06/2014,
£25.00
£15.00
The declaration of war in August 1914 was to change Britain and British society irrevocably as conflict came to dominate almost every aspect of civilian life for the next four years.
Breakdown: Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme 1916
Hardback,
07/04/2016,
£25.00
£22.50
One hundred years on from the Battle of the Somme, Breakdown tells the unusual and little-known story of shell shock in one of the bloodiest battles ever fought by the British army.
Love of an Unknown Soldier
Hardback,
01/02/2015,
£9.99
£8.99
Love of an Unknown Soldier is the publication of a series of intimate documents that were found in a dug-out of an abandoned gun position, resulting in an extremely moving love story.
Britain's Forgotten Fighter Ace Captain Ball VC
Paperback,
12/06/2014,
£14.99
£13.49
A wonderful combination of wartime anecdotes, personal letters and contemporary images
Month That Changed the World: July 1914 and WWI
Paperback,
13/04/2017,
£14.99
£13.49
The dramatic step-by-step account of how the assassination of an Austrian archduke in the Balkans led to the cataclysm of the First World War over five fateful weeks in the summer of 1914.
Missing of the Somme
Paperback,
30/06/2016,
£8.99
£8.09
Republished to mark the centenary of the battle of the Somme Geoff Dyer's classic book is 'the great Great War book of our time' (Observer)
Darkest Days: The Truth Behind Britain's Rush to War, 1914
Paperback,
16/02/2015,
£9.99
£8.99
A radical interpretation of the divisions leading up to the declaration of war, August, 1914.
Lawrence of Arabia's War: The Arabs, the British and the Remaking of the Middle East in WWI
Hardback,
04/04/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
Too Important for the Generals: Losing and Winning the First World War
Paperback,
01/06/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
One of the great questions in the ongoing discussions and debate about the First World War is why did winning take so long and exact so appalling a human cost? The author argues that from day one of the war Britain was wrong-footed by absurdly faulty French military doctrine and paid, as a result, an unnecessarily high price in casualties.
Fighting Proud: The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars
Hardback,
30/06/2017,
£17.99
£16.19
In this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the armed forces and at home, and brings to light the great unheralded contribution they made to the war effort.
Only Remembered
Paperback,
06/10/2016,
£7.99
£7.19
2014 will mark one hundred years since the outbreak of the First World War. To mark the date, this anthology collects images and poems from some of the UK's cultural, political and literary figures. It includes short stories, personal letters, newspaper articles, scripts and paintings.
Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement
Hardback,
03/11/2016,
£25.00
£22.50
At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A century later, Christopher Sykes' lively biography of his grandfather reassesses his life and work, and the political instability and violence in the Middle East attributed to it.
Spies in Palestine: Love, Betrayal and the Heroic Life of Sarah Aaronsohn
Hardback,
27/10/2016,
£15.99
£14.39
Fire in the Sky
Paperback,
01/12/2012,
£9.99
£8.99
The first book in 90 years dedicated to the daring and courage of the airmen and mechanics of the Australian Flying Corps - a tale of a war fought thousands of feet above the trenches from which only one in two emerged unscathed.
Truce: The Day the War Stopped
Hardback,
15/09/2014,
£18.99
£11.39
A fascinating new study of the events leading up to and during one of the most poignant events of the First World War, the Christmas Truce 1914.
First World War
Paperback,
30/01/2014,
£20.00
£18.00
The First World War created the modern world. It destroyed a century of relative peace and prosperity and saw a continent at the height of its success descend into slaughter. This book offers an account that portrays the unfolding military conflict on land, sea and in the air.
Christmas Match: Football in No Man's Land 1914
Paperback,
12/11/2014,
£14.99
£13.49
Published in time for the Christmas Truce 1914 - Football Remembers commemoration featuring an historic re-enactment of the Christmas match at Saint-Yvon.
New Army in Training
Hardback,
01/01/2015,
£8.99
£8.09
A collection of Rudyard Kipling's articles based describing Lord Kitchener's volunteer army, written just a couple of months after the death of his son at the Battle of Loos.
Brief History of the First World War
Paperback,
15/05/2014,
£9.99
£8.99
The First World War in vivid, personal detail, in the voices of those who lived it
Testament of Youth
Hardback,
27/03/2014,
£16.99
£15.29
This classic memoir of the First World War is now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington. Includes an afterword by Kate Mosse OBE.
First World War in 100 Objects
Hardback,
10/10/2013,
£25.00
£22.50
The First World War was one of the seminal events in world history. This book traces its history through the examination of iconic items like the Zeppelin, the gas mask and Winston Churchill's Cigar, to personal objects which tell the poignant stories of individuals and official documents, medals and badges.
When the Lamps Went Out: Reporting the Great War, 1914-1918
Hardback,
15/05/2014,
£17.99
£16.19
Presents a surprising, immediate, sometimes humbling, sometimes uplifting insight into what British society was reading about, and thinking, during the Great War.
Our Land at War: Britain's First World War Sites
Paperback,
01/05/2014,
£14.99
£8.99
The First World War was a human catastrophe but it also saw a dynamic development of new weapons and a new kind of war; Our Land at War takes you on a journey to the key places that witnessed this war effort and those at all levels of society who brought about the change.
Origins Of The First World War
Paperback,
18/10/2001,
£16.99
£15.29
A concise introduction to one of the major historical controversies, brought right up-to-date for this 3rd edition.
Female Tommies: The Frontline Women of the First World War
Hardback,
01/07/2014,
£18.99
£11.39
This book tells the story of women in the First World War at the front line, under fire, and in combat.
Fateful Year: England 1914
Hardback,
02/01/2014,
£25.00
£15.00
War with Germany, so often imagined and predicted, finally broke out when people were least prepared for it. Here, among a crowded cast of unforgettable characters, are suffragettes, armed with axes, and celebrity aviators thrilling spectators by looping the loop. This book tells the story of England in 1914.
Broken World: Letters, Diaries and Memories of the Great War
Hardback,
03/07/2014,
£20.00
£18.00
Presents an anthology of writing on the First World War. This book offers a collection of personal and defining moments that offer insight into the Great War as it was experienced and as it was remembered.
Codebreakers
Hardback,
04/06/2015,
£20.00
£18.00
While battalions hunkered down in the mud of western France, anti-aircraft guns took aim at zeppelins floating over the capital, and Atlantic convoys tried desperately to evade German U-boats, another, more secret battle was underway. This is the story of spies, code breakers and saboteurs.
First Day on the Somme
Paperback,
31/03/2016,
£9.99
£8.99
On 1 July, 1916, a continuous line of British soldiers climbed out from the trenches of the Somme into No Man's Land and began to walk slowly towards dug-in German troops armed with machine-guns and defended by thick barbed wire. This is an account of the blackest day in the history of the British army.
Veiled Warriors: Allied Nurses of the First World War
Hardback,
28/08/2014,
£20.00
£12.00
The true story of Allied nursing in the First World War, offering a compelling account of nurses' wartime experiences and a clear appraisal of their work and its contribution to the Allied cause.
Great Explosion: Gunpowder, the Great War, and a Disaster on the Kent Marshes
Paperback,
04/02/2016,
£9.99
£8.99
In April 1916, shortly before the commencement of the Battle of the Somme, a fire started in a vast munitions works located in the Kentish marshes. The resulting series of explosions killed 108 people and injured many more. This book recreates the events of that terrible day and sheds an unexpected light on the British home front in the Great War.
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