The Great War: A Nation's Story,Isobel Charman

Name: The Great War: A Nation's Story,Isobel Charman
Brand: Cornerstone

Cornerstone

The Great WarA Nation's Story\nAuthor(s): Isobel Charman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornerstone, United Kingdom\nImprint: Arrow Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780099591252, 978-0099591252\nSynopsis\nDuring the First World War three quarters of a million British people died a figure so huge that it feels impossible to give it a human context. Consequently we struggle to truly grasp the impact this devastating conflict must have had on people's day-to-day lives. We resort to looking at the war from a distance, viewing its events in terms of their political or military significance. \n\nThe Great War: The People's Story is different. Like the all-star ITV series it accompanies, it immerses the reader in the everyday experiences of real people who lived through the war. Using letters, diaries, and memoirs many of which have never previously been published Isobel Charman has painstakingly reconstructed the lives of people such as separated newly-weds Alan and Dorothy Lloyd, plucky enlisted f.