Edited by the bestselling author of Birdsong and Dr Hope Wolf, this is an original and illuminating non-fiction anthology of writing on the First World War.
Sebastian Faulks (External Editor)
Sebastian Faulks has written nineteen books, of which A Week in
December and The Fatal Englishman were number one in the Sunday
Times bestseller lists. He is best known for Birdsong, part of his
French trilogy, and Human Traces, the first in an ongoing Austrian
trilogy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a
journalist on national papers. He has also written screenplays and
has appeared in small roles on stage. He lives in London.
Hope Wolf (External Editor)
Hope Wolf is a Research Fellow in English at Girton College, the
University of Cambridge. Her main interests are in modern and
contemporary literature, life writing and culture. She holds a PhD
from King's College London, and her doctoral research focused on
archives at the Imperial War Museum.
The First World War anthology for our time
*Evening Standard*
The selections have extraordinary literary power…they speak with
distinctive voices, which echo in the mind
*Daily Telegraph*
A marvellous collection
*Independent*
This is a unique collection of contemporary accounts – and just as
compelling as the work of any historian
*Scotsman*
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