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Author: Anthony Barne
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
ISBN: 9781526759702
ISBN 10: 1526759705
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 07 October 2019
Audience:
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
... throws interesting light on life and soldiering during the Second World War. -- The NYMAS Review
...a sensitively edited collection of diaries providing many new insights - Very Highly Recommended. -- Firetrench I loved Barne's sincerity and spontaneity, a man with a discreet desire to live and extricate himself even in the most difficult situations. Barne, given his observations, was perhaps the son of the time, of his Empire, but the portrait that emerges is that in the end he was a very decent person, religious, devoted to his wife and extremely intelligent and nice. -- Old Barbed Wire Blog Unseen photographs of Sir Winston Churchill at war and at leisure are revealed in a new book. -- The Daily Express Very entertaining - diaries are always a good snapshot... --Al Murray, We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast ... throws interesting light on life and soldiering during the Second World War. -- The NYMAS Review The diary becomes less and less about the war and more and more about the sociology of the officer class during these times and its a great read because of this. The pages are full of funny skits as well as pathos but in the end I realised that I was a better person for reading and understanding Churchill's Colonel. I am so glad that his diaries were transcribed and turned into this years most surprising and thought provoking book. -- Army Rumour Service
"""...a sensitively edited collection of diaries providing many new insights - Very Highly Recommended.""-- ""Firetrench"" ""I loved Barne's sincerity and spontaneity, a man with a discreet desire to live and extricate himself even in the most difficult situations. Barne, given his observations, was perhaps the son of the time, of his Empire, but the portrait that emerges is that in the end he was a very decent person, religious, devoted to his wife and extremely intelligent and nice.""-- ""Old Barbed Wire Blog"" ""Unseen photographs of Sir Winston Churchill at war and at leisure are revealed in a new book.""-- ""The Daily Express"" ""Very entertaining - diaries are always a good snapshot...""--Al Murray, We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast ""... throws interesting light on life and soldiering during the Second World War.""-- ""The NYMAS Review"" ""The diary becomes less and less about the war and more and more about the sociology of the officer class during these times and its a great read because of this. The pages are full of funny skits as well as pathos but in the end I realised that I was a better person for reading and understanding Churchill's Colonel. I am so glad that his diaries were transcribed and turned into this years most surprising and thought provoking book.""-- ""Army Rumour Service"""
... throws interesting light on life and soldiering during the Second World War. --The NYMAS Review
Author Information
Charles Barne is a shipbroker for a Greek family. He discovered his grandfather's war diaries when clearing out their house having not known of their existence. On moving out of London to Wiltshire in 2016, he spent the following 2 years of his train commute typing up, editing and annotating the diaries. He grew up in Dorset on his grandparents' farm.
