Richard van Emden

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The Incredible Story of Kitchener's Army Through Soldiers' and Civilians' Own Words and Photographs

Beschreibung

Drawing on long-forgotten memoirs, diaries and letters written by the men who enlisted, Richard tells the riveting story of Kitchenerâ s volunteers, before they went to fight.

Autor

Richard van Emden interviewed 270 veterans of the Great War, has written extensively about the soldiers' lives, and has worked on many television documentaries, always concentrating on the human aspects of war, its challenge and its cost to the millions of men involved. Richard van Emden's books have sold over 660,000 copies and have appeared in The Times' bestseller chart on a number of occasions. He has also worked on more than a dozen television programmes on the Great War, including the award-winning Roses of No Man's Land, Britain's Boy Soldiers, A Poem for Harry, War Horse: the Real Story, Teenage Tommies with Fergal Keane and most recently, Hidden Histories: WW1's Forgotten Photographs. He lives in London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 180mm x 243mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1094g
• ISBN-13: 9781473891869
• ISBN-10: 1473891868
• Artikelnr.: 68857139