The Trench : Experiencing Life on the Front Line, 1916 -
by Van Emden, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0593049756
- ISBN 13
- 9780593049754
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bantam Press. Very Good/Very Good. 2002. Hard Cover. 8vo 0593049756 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 320 pages Illustrated in colour and in monochrome. Clean and tight. A BBC documentary series, to be shown in autumn 2001, aims to recreate everyday life for soldiers in World War I. A group of volunteers has been recruited from the streets of Hull, exactly as the "Hull Pals" - the 10th battalion of the East Yorks Regiment - were recruited 85 years ago. They face life in a specially reconstructed trench in northern France under as many privations as can realistically be recreated according to the testimony of surviving World War I veterans and the official Regimental War Diary. The series has the official stamp of the Army, the Imperial War Museum and the British Legion. This companion book, based on extensive interviews with veterans as well as new research, vividly reconstructs the reality of war: what it felt like to see the front line for the first time, how the trenches themselves were constructed, how soldiers passed their leisure hours, where they slept, and what they ate. It takes a profound approach to the history of the Great War bringing it home in unimaginable horror by recreating in extraordinary detail the everyday realities of trench life. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140925
- Title
- The Trench : Experiencing Life on the Front Line, 1916 -
- Author
- Van Emden, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0593049756
- ISBN 13
- 9780593049754
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
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CHARLES BOSSOM
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About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
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