The Unknown Warrior
A Personal Journey of Discovery and Remembrance
$32.05
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
29 January 2025
Summary
The unprecedented scale and destruction of the First World War meant that hundreds of thousands of soldiers perished without being properly identified in death. Over 300,000 names were left without bodies to match; bodies, or fragments of bodies, were left without names. Three hundred thousand families waiting in vain to know what happened to their loved ones.
In response to this devastation, an idea was born. A single tomb in Westminster Abbey, housing the remains of an unidentified …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398509450 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398509450 |
| Author: | John Nichol |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 29 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 472g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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John Nichol
John Nichol served in the Royal Air Force for fifteen years. On active duty during the first Gulf War in 1991, his Tornado bomber was shot down during a mission over Iraq. Captured, tortured, and held as a prisoner of war, John was paraded on television, provoking worldwide condemnation and leaving one of the most enduring images of the conflict.
John is the bestselling co-author of Tornado Down and author of many highly acclaimed epics, including Spitfire, Lancaster, and Tornado, all of which were Sunday Times bestsellers. He has made a number of TV documentaries with Second World War veterans, written for national newspapers and magazines, and is a widely quoted commentator on military affairs.
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