The Great War. A Nation's Story (Charman Isobel); Arrow Books, 2015

During the First World War three quarters of a million British people died – a figure so huge that it feels impossible to give it a human context. Consequently we struggle to truly grasp the impact this devastating conflict must have had on people's day-to-day lives. We resort to looking at the war from a distance, viewing its events in terms of their political or military significance.

The Great War: The People's Story is different. Like the all-star ITV series it accompanies, it immerses the reader in the everyday experiences of real people who lived through the war. Using letters, diaries, and memoirs – many of which have never previously been published – Isobel Charman has painstakingly reconstructed the lives of people such as separated newly-weds Alan and Dorothy Lloyd, plucky enlisted factory-worker Reg Evans and proudly independent suffragist Kate Parry Frye. A century on, they here tell their stories in their own words, offering a uniquely personal account of the conflict.

The Great War: The People's Story is both a meticulously researched piece of narrative history and a deeply moving remembrance of the extraordinary acts of extremely ordinary people.

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9780099591252
Автор(ы)	Charman Isobel
Вес	0.43
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2015
Жанр	история
Издатель	Arrow Books
Издательство	Arrow Books
Кол-во страниц	516
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	516
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Тип обложки	мягкая