The War Behind the Wire
The Life, Death and Glory of British Prisoners of War, 1914-18
$29.71
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2015
Summary
The last untold story of the First World War: the fortunes and fates of 170,000 British soldiers captured by the enemy.
On capture, British officers and men were routinely told by the Germans ‘For you the war is over’. Nothing could be further from the truth. British Prisoners of War merely exchanged one barbed-wire battleground for another.
In the camps the war was eternal. There was the war against the German military, fought with everything from taunting hu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780224909 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780224907 |
| Author: | John Lewis-Stempel |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 13 January 2015 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 131mm x 23mm |
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The author’s enthralling narrative describes the new horror of the First World War as well as any account from the frontliners.– Louis Rive , MILITARY HISTORY MAGAZINE
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Wonderful … hugely movingLewis-Stempel describes our prisoners as the lost men of the Great War … In writing this moving, harrowing account he has done them a noble service - THE TIMESA vivid study of the lost heroes of the First World War: the British PoWs who made valiant bids for freedom - SUNDAY TIMESAbout The Author
John Lewis-Stempel
John Lewis-Stempel is the author of numerous anthologies and books on military history. He lives on a farm in Herefordshire with his wife and two children.
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