Broschiertes Buch

To Fight Alongside Friends

The First World War Diary of Charlie May

Herausgeber: Harrison, Gerry

Beschreibung

The First World War Diaries of Manchester Pals Captain Charlie May - written and kept in secret and published now for the first time. A born storyteller, Charlie May's vivid eye for detail and warm good humour brings his experience in the trenches (and the experience of millions of ordinary men like him) to life for a 21st-century readership.

Autor

Born in India, Gerry Harrison returned to England for his education. Leaving school, and to fulfil a passion, he became an actor, before following a rewarding career on the production side of feature films. He has since worked for as a producer for Channel Four, BBC and ITV, and then as a councillor for twelve years. Meanwhile he has written pieces for the Guardian and the Times, and the Irish Times. He lives in Ireland. Born in Dunedin, Charles Campbell May, is one of the most quoted New Zealand citizens of World War I. He was killed in 'No Man's Land' on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916. Passages from his wartime diaries have been anthologised in books, academic and popular, about that war and that battle. His diaries, the originals of which are in the Regimental Archive near Manchester, have pride of place in the Imperial War Museum in London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• UK edition
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9780007558551
• ISBN-10: 0007558554
• Artikelnr.: 43241421