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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 6 books in this booklist
£9.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780241956762 | ISBN 10: 0241956765
The Great Explosion by Brian Dillon: a masterful account of a terrible disaster in a remarkable place. In April 1916, shortly before the commencement of the Battle of the Somme, a fire started in a vast munitions works located in the Kentish ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780007361472 | ISBN 10: 0007361475
The Heroes’ Welcome is the incandescent sequel to the bestselling R&J pick My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You. Its evocation of a time deeply wounded by the pain of WW1 will capture and beguile readers fresh to Louisa Young’s wonderful writing, and those ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781445637600 | ISBN 10: 144563760x
As one of Britain’s largest cities, Liverpool was heavily targeted during the two world wars. Many residents of Merseyside lost their lives in the conflict, both in active combat and as a result of hardships on the Home Front. In this book, author An ... more
View book details£20.00 hardback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780224097710 | ISBN 10: 0224097717
From ‘the heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman’ (The Economist) comes a monumental, wordless panorama capturing the horror of World War I. THE GREAT WAR: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme AN ILLUSTRATED PANORAMA - WITH ... more
View book details£11.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780752458571 | ISBN 10: 0752458574
During the First and Second World Wars thousands of men and women refused the call to arms. Reviled, starved and beaten, theirs was a battle of conscience. In the First World War, seventy-three conscientious objectors died as a result o ... more
View book details£24.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780199543779 | ISBN 10: 0199543771
On 26 August 1914 the world-famous university library in the Belgian town of Louvain was looted and destroyed by German troops. The international community reacted in horror - 'Holocaust at Louvain' proclaimed the Daily Mail - and the behaviour of th ... more
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