A Storm in Flanders : Triumph and Tragedy on the Western Front Paperback / softback
by Winston Groom
Part of the W&N Military series
Paperback / softback
Description
A vivid page-turning narrative of the most horrific battle in history by a soldier turned bestselling novelistA fast-paced and vivid narrative of the most horrific campaign in history: the four-year slaughter around the Belgian town of Ypres 1914-18.
Switching seamlessly between the generals' headquarters, the politicians' councils and -- above all -- the mud and blood of the trenches, this is a wonderfully accessible history. Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler both fought in the frontline at Ypres: Groom reveals what happened to both men.
We see the campaign through their eyes and the experience of other officers and men, including the war poet Edmund Blunden (later professor of poetry at Oxford).
From the desperate defence put up by the tiny British regular army in 1914 to the infamous Passchendaele offensive, this is popular history at its best.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, 5 Maps
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:06/05/2004
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- ISBN:9780304366569
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, 5 Maps
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:06/05/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780304366569
