Overview

Full Product Details

9780091957223

Table of Contents

Reviews

A lost diary of the Great War so brutally vivid you'll feel you are there in the trenches Daily Mail One of the best diaries of the First World War -- Rodderick Suddaby, former keeper of the Department of Documents at the Imperial War Museum Unique ... an unvarnished view of the war's horrors - and its occasional joys Telegraph A remarkable insight into the mind of a man who went through WW1 as an infantryman in the trenches, private and officer ... No-one who wants to understand the truth about the trenches can ignore this book -- Colonel John Hughes-Wilson Unique ... an unvarnished view of the war's horrors - and its occasional joys Telegraph

Unique ... an unvarnished view of the war's horrors - and its occasional joys * Telegraph * A remarkable insight into the mind of a man who went through WW1 as an infantryman in the trenches, private and officer ... No-one who wants to understand the truth about the trenches can ignore this book -- Colonel John Hughes-Wilson Unique ... an unvarnished view of the war's horrors - and its occasional joys * Telegraph * One of the best diaries of the First World War -- Rodderick Suddaby, former keeper of the Department of Documents at the Imperial War Museum A lost diary of the Great War so brutally vivid you'll feel you are there in the trenches * Daily Mail *

Author Information

Harry Drinkwater (Author) Harold Victor Drinkwater was born on 19 February 1889 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School, where Shakespeare was educated. A month after war was declared in 1914, Harry volunteered, but failed his medical for being 'half an inch' too short. He tried again and successfully joined a Pals battalion in Birmingham. Harry fought on both the Western and Italian Fronts , receiving the Military Cross in 1917. Harry stayed in the army for two more years after Armistice was declared. He died in 1978.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available