Overview
The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on the greatest battle of World War One - with groundbreaking new material on the soldiers' experiences No conflict better encapsulates all that went wrong on the Western Front during World War I than the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The tragic loss of life and stoic endurance by troops who walked towards their death is an iconic image - but this critically-acclaimed bestseller, on the four months of battle, shows the extent to which the Allied armies were in fact able to break through the German front lines again and again. In eight years of research, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore -- the author of Dunkirk -- has found extraordinary new material from Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians, and the British - from heartbreaking diaries and letters to hitherto unseen Red Cross files - recounting their experiences amid the horror of war. It has been hailed as the best book about the battle, which, though not an Allied victory, was the beginning of the slide towards German defeat.
Full Product Details
Author: Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 4.30cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.515kg
ISBN: 9780141043326
ISBN 10: 0141043326
Pages: 704
Publication Date: 02 November 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Having read almost everything that has been written on this battle, I can vouch this is the best account yet. -- Gerard DeGroot The Times An epic, heroic and captivating account of the most famous battle in World War One. Combining years of historical research with compelling new first hand testimony, Somme is a remarkable portrait of life at the Front Publisher's description Comprehensive, authoritative and meticulously researched... [Of recent publications] it is the weightiest and best written. -- Simon Humphrey Mail on Sunday
An epic, heroic and captivating account of the most famous battle in World War One. Combining years of historical research with compelling new first hand testimony, Somme is a remarkable portrait of life at the Front * Publisher's description * Having read almost everything that has been written on this battle, I can vouch this is the best account yet. -- Gerard DeGroot * The Times * Comprehensive, authoritative and meticulously researched... [Of recent publications] it is the weightiest and best written. -- Simon Humphrey * Mail on Sunday *
Author Information
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's best-selling books are Enigma- The Battle for the Code, Dunkirk- Fight to the Last Man and Somme, a Sunday Times top ten bestseller. He lives in north London with his wife and three children.
