Two new histories of the First World War gather long-hidden details of ordinary lives to provide an intimate picture of the conflict. Toby Clements is mesmerised by The Beauty and the Sorrow by Peter Englund, and The Quick and the Dead by Richard van Emden.
The Beauty and the Sorrow also reviewed at The Guardian. And also at The New York Times. And at The Financial Times.
Details:
Details:
The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War, by Peter Englund, Profile Books, RRP£25, 544 pages
The Quick and the Dead: Fallen Soldiers and their Families in the Great War by Richard van Emden - 344PP, Bloomsbury RRP £20, ebook £19.17
The Quick and the Dead: Fallen Soldiers and their Families in the Great War by Richard van Emden - 344PP, Bloomsbury RRP £20, ebook £19.17
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