Letters from the Front: From the First World War to the Present Day
- ISBN-10
- 1472808177
- ISBN-13
- 9781472808172
- Series
- Letters from the Front
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 328
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-20
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Authors
- Andrew Roberts, The Imperial War The Imperial War Museum
Description
A legacy of an empire and a nation at war, Letters from the Front is a collection of correspondence sent by British and Commonwealth troops from the front line of war to their loved ones at home. Poignant expressions of love, hope and fear sit alongside amusing anecdotes, grumbles about rations and thoughtful reflections, eloquently revealing how, despite the passage of time, the experiences of the fighting man are shared in countless wars and battles across history. From the muddy trenches of the Somme through the frozen ground of the Falklands to the heat and dust of Afghanistan today, these letters are the ordinary soldier's testament to life on the front line.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2014-03-20
- 328 pages
- Ebook
- Bloomsbury Publishing
-
- 2014-03-18
- 328 pages
- Paperback
- Osprey Publishing
-
- 2012
- 342 pages
- Paperback
- P & R Publishing
Similar books
-
If Youre Reading This : Last Letters from the Front Line
By Siân PriceIn this brilliant and profoundly moving collection of _farewell letters_ written by servicemen and women to their loved ones, Siân Price offers a remarkable insight into the hearts and minds of some of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of ...
-
Letters from the Front: Echoes of the Civil War
By James E. AlfordLetters from the Front: Echoes of the Civil War
-
On the Altar of Freedom: A Black Soldier's Civil War Letters from the Front
By James Henry Gooding"Our correspondent, 'J.H.G., ' is a member of Co. C., of the 54th Massachusetts regiment. He is a colored man belonging to this city, and his letters are printed by...
-
Letters from the Front
By Judith MillidgeOf all the words written about war it is surely the letter written from the battlefront to family and friends that is the most pertinent and enlightening. When a man...
-
Love Letters from the Front Lines: My Father in Italy During World War II
By Nan BoothThis is a unique war story, based on more than 350 letters that the author's father wrote to her mother from the front lines in Italy in 1944 and 1945. These are love letters, deeply intimate.
-
Love Letters from the Front: John Nash to Christine Kühlenthal, France 1916-1917
By John NashLove Letters from the Front: John Nash to Christine Kühlenthal, France 1916-1917
-
War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars
By Andrew Carroll(The fact that he repeatedly spelled her last name incorrectly was not, one can safely assume, helping his prospects.) Headqurs June the 10 1865 Miss Caroline Tully, You may THE CIVIL WAR • 117.
-
My Father's Iron Cross: Field Post Letters from the Front
By Renate Becker, Helmut Becker - WildenrothThe book contains handwritten letters and photos. Fritz Becker is 20 years old when he writes the letters. The first letters still distinguish themselves by an optimism and are marked by the faith in victory and by devotion to duty.
-
Letters from the Trenches: The First World War by Those Who Were There
By Jacqueline WadsworthJacqueline Wadsworth skilfully uses these letters to tell the human story of the First World War Ð what mattered to Britain's servicemen and their feelings about the war; how the conflict changed people; and how life continued on the Home ...
-
Love Letters from the Front
By Eric ApplebyThe letters that are collected in this book tell a love story: that of Eric Appleby and Phyllis Ryan, during World War I. Eric Appleby was from Liverpool. An engineering...