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'The immediacy, candour and sheer literary merit of his journals make this an important new source for the Great War ... a very remarkable man.' -- Evening Standard 'something unusual and fresh on the subject of the Great War ... edited sympathetically and unobtrusively by his grandson.' -- The Times 'A vivid account of an infantry officer's war on the Western Front ... should be required reading for those who really want to understand the war.' -- Richard Holmes, author of Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 'His trench diaries show a different aspect of World War I from the usual images of industrial massacre.' -- Time Out

The immediacy, candour and sheer literary merit of his journals make this an important new source for the Great War . . . a very remarkable man. - Evening Standard something unusual and fresh on the subject of the Great War . . . edited sympathetically and unobtrusively by his grandson. - The Times A vivid account of an infantry officer's war on the Western Front . . . should be required reading for those who really want to understand the war. - Richard Holmes, author of Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front His trench diaries show a different aspect of World War I from the usual images of industrial massacre. - Time Out

'The immediacy, candour and sheer literary merit of his journals make this an important new source for the Great War ... a very remarkable man.' -- Evening Standard 'something unusual and fresh on the subject of the Great War ... edited sympathetically and unobtrusively by his grandson.' -- The Times 'A vivid account of an infantry officer's war on the Western Front ... should be required reading for those who really want to understand the war.' -- Richard Holmes, author of Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 'His trench diaries show a different aspect of World War I from the usual images of industrial massacre.' -- Time Out

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Cameron Stewart is Captain Alexander Stewart's grandson. An actor who has worked extensively in UK television and theatre, he can frequently be heard on BBC Radio 4 and the World Service.

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