The Salient
Ypres, 1914-18
$27.55
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
11 October 2016
Summary
Ypres today is an international ‘Town of Peace’, but in 1914 the town, and the Salient, the 35-mile bulge in the Western Front, of which it is part, saw a 1500-day military campaign of mud and blood at the heart of the First World War that turned it into the devil’s nursery.
Distinguished biographer and historian of modern Europe Alan Palmer tells the story of the war in Flanders as a conflict that has left a deep social and political mark on the history of Europe.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472124807 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472124804 |
| Author: | Alan Palmer |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 11 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 213g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 159mm x 199mm |
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Critics Review
A fine piece of narrative history, a combination of suspense and scholarship
A fine piece of narrative history, a combination of suspense and scholarship Antonia Fraser Palmer’s style is as good as his judgement is daring Sunday Times Palmer has an admirable eye for telling detail Sunday Telegraph
Alan Palmer
Alan Palmer is an author and historian. His many critically acclaimed works include Alexander I: Tsar of War and Peace, Metternich, Councillor of Europe and The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire.
Among Alan Palmer’s books are Napoleon in Russia, Metternich, Alexander I and Twilight of the Habsburgs.
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