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  • VOLUNTEERS
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    VOLUNTEERS
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    What greater pride might a young man feel than to serve shoulder to shoulder with his friends in time of war? To enlist into the army with his pals, chums, mates, filling the ranks of battalions that drew their strength from the local community, from amongst factory workers, miners, shop-workers and tradesmen. In August 1914, what more fitting role was there to play than to ans...

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  • 1918: THE DECISIVE YEAR IN SOLDIERS' OWN WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
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    1918: THE DECISIVE YEAR IN SOLDIERS' OWN WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    1918: The Decisive Year in Soldiers' own Words and Photographs is the next volume in the remarkable series of books from the best-selling First World War historian Richard van Emden. Revisiting the winning formula of diaries and memoirs, and above all original photographs taken on illegally-held cameras by the soldiers themselves, Richard tells the story of 1918, of both the fe...

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  • TEMPORARY HEROES
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    TEMPORARY HEROES
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    This is a short book based on the letters written between 1915 and 1916 by an officer serving with the 1/4th Gordon Highlanders. Second Lieutenant Down wrote regularly to his girlfriend/fiance throughout his time in France, letters which were published in 1917 after he was wounded and discharged from the army. Cecil Down is a superb writer, but more than that he has a natural w...

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  • VETERANS
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    VETERANS
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN / STEVE HUMPHRIES
    Using the veterans own words and photographs, the book brings to life a mixture of their excitement of embarkation for France, their unbound optimism and courage, the agony of the trenches, and numbing fear of going over the top. The fight for survival, the long ordeal of those who were wounded and the ever present grief caused by appalling loss and waste of life make for compe...

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  • MISSING
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    MISSING
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    The story of one British mother's desperate search for her son's remains after he was killed in action during World War I.   In May, 1918, Angela and Leopold Mond received a knock on the front door. It was the postman delivering the letter every family in the United Kingdom dreaded: the notification of a loved one's battlefield death—in their case their eldest child, their son,...

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  • THE ROAD TO PASSCHENDAELE
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    THE ROAD TO PASSCHENDAELE
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    A history of World War I's Battle of Passchendaele featuring words and photographs from the British soldiers who were there. Passchendaele is the next volume in the highly-regarded series of books from the best-selling First World War historian Richard van Emden. Once again, using the winning formula of diaries and memoirs, and above all original photographs taken on illegally-...

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  • THE ROAD TO PASSCHENDAELE
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    THE ROAD TO PASSCHENDAELE
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    A history of World War I's Battle of Passchendaele featuring words and photographs from the British soldiers who were there. Passchendaele is the next volume in the highly-regarded series of books from the best-selling First World War historian Richard van Emden. Once again, using the winning formula of diaries and memoirs, and above all original photographs taken on illegally-...

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  • ALL QUIET ON THE HOME FRONT
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    ALL QUIET ON THE HOME FRONT
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN / STEVE HUMPHRIES
    A "fascinating" look at hardship, heroism, and civilian life in England during the Great War ( World War One Illustrated).   The truth about the sacrifice and suffering among British civilians during World War I is rarely discussed. In this book, people who were there speak about experiences and events that have remained buried for decades.   Their testimony shows the same cand...

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  • SOMME: GREAT WAR 100 YEARS
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    SOMME: GREAT WAR 100 YEARS
    NIGEL CAVE / RICHARD VAN EMDEN / TONIE HOLT / VALMAI HOLT
    This publication, SOMME THE BATTLE 100 YEARS ON, has been published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd, with the purpose of creating an awareness and an interest in theSomme battles of 1916. For nearly thirty years, Pen & Sword Books Ltd has published numerous titles covering various Pals battalions formed for the Big Push. They have also been fore-runners in setting up the Battleground ...

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  • PRISONERS OF THE KAISER
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    PRISONERS OF THE KAISER
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    Based on interviews with survivors of German WWI prison camps, this account documents the heroism and perseverance of British troops in captivity. Drawing on the memories of the last surviving prisoners of the Great war, Prisoners of the Kaiser tells the dramatic story of life as a POW in Germany. Stories include the shock of capture on the Western Front, to the grind of daily ...

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  • PRISONERS OF THE KAISER
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    PRISONERS OF THE KAISER
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    Based on interviews with survivors of German WWI prison camps, this account documents the heroism and perseverance of British troops in captivity. Drawing on the memories of the last surviving prisoners of the Great war, Prisoners of the Kaiser tells the dramatic story of life as a POW in Germany. Stories include the shock of capture on the Western Front, to the grind of daily ...

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  • BRITAIN'S LAST TOMMIES
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    BRITAIN'S LAST TOMMIES
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    This oral history presents the firsthand stories and memories of Britain's last living WWI veterans—complete with then and now photographs. Historian Richard van Emden has spent decades interviewing and carefully recording the memories of over 270 veterans who served in the First World War. He now presents this extraordinary record in Britain's Last Tommies. Alongside stories t...

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  • MISSING
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    MISSING
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    The story of one British mother’s desperate search for her son’s remains after he was killed in action during World War I.   In May, 1918, Angela and Leopold Mond received a knock on the front door. It was the postman delivering the letter every family in the United Kingdom dreaded: the notification of a loved one’s battlefield death—in their case their eldest child, their son,...

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  • BOY SOLDIERS OF THE GREAT WAR
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    BOY SOLDIERS OF THE GREAT WAR
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    After the outbreak of the Great War, boys as young as twelve were caught up in a national wave of patriotism and, in huge numbers, volunteered to serve their country. The press, recruiting offices and the Government all contributed to the enlistment of hundreds of thousands of under-age soldiers in both Britain and the Empire. On joining up, these lads falsified their ages, oft...

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  • THE SOMME
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    THE SOMME
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    The epic and brutal WWI battle is vividly recounted through the words and photos of the soldiers who lived through it. One of the most famous battles of the Great War, the offensive on the Somme took place in 1916, from July and November. It was there that Kitcheners famous Pals Battalions were first sent into action en masse. It was a battlefield where many of the dreams and a...

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  • TEENAGE TOMMY
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    TEENAGE TOMMY
    RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    Benjamin Clouting was just sixteen years old when he embarked with the British Expeditionary Force for France in August 1914. The youngest man in the 4th Dragoon Guards, he took part in the BEF's celebrated first action at Casteau on August 22nd, and, two days later, had his horse shot from under him during the famous cavalry charge of the 4th Dragoon Guards and the 9th Lancers...

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  • FAMOUS, 1914–1918
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    FAMOUS, 1914–1918
    VICTOR PIUK / RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    The World War I experiences of twenty British soldiers who went on to find either fame or infamy. Famous tells stories of the Great War from twenty of Britain's most respected, best known and even notorious celebrities. They include politicians, actors, writers, an explorer, a sculptor and even a murderer. The generation that grew up in the late nineteenth century enlisted enth...

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  • FAMOUS: 1914-1918
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    FAMOUS: 1914-1918
    VICTOR PIUK / ‎RICHARD VAN EMDEN
    Famous' tells the Great War stories of twenty of Britain's most respected, best known and even notorious celebrities. They include politicians, actors, writers, an explorer, a sculptor and even a murderer. The generation that grew up in the late 19th Century enlisted enthusiastically in the defense of the country. Many would become household names such as Basil Rathbone, the de...

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