Lionel Sotheby's Great War: Diaries and Letters from the Western Front
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (651 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0821411780 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Moderately good war book The book is apx. 1Moderately good war book Jayfred The book is apx. 140 pages. Letters and diary entries. The letters (mostly to his mom) are better than the diaries when it comes to telling about the fighting. But there is the feeling that he kept out many things since he was writing to his mom. The book has 4-5 pages of exciting battle scenes. Another 15-20 pages that are fairly interesting about his life in the front lines.. 0 pages. Letters and diary entries. The letters (mostly to his mom) are better than the diaries when it comes to telling about the fighting. But there is the feeling that he kept out many things since he was writing to his mom. The book has Moderately good war book Jayfred The book is apx. 140 pages. Letters and diary entries. The letters (mostly to his mom) are better than the diaries when it comes to telling about the fighting. But there is the feeling that he kept out many things since he was writing to his mom. The book has 4-5 pages of exciting battle scenes. Another 15-20 pages that are fairly interesting about his life in the front lines.. -5 pages of exciting battle scenes. Another 15-20 pages that are fairly interesting about his life in the front lines.
He is Life President of The Second World War Experience Centre.Former teacher, lecturer and founder/director of two archives on the world wars of the twentieth century, Peter Liddle is a well-published historian of personal experience in those wars with books on Gallipoli, The Somme and D-Day. He lives with his wife, Louise, in Rawdon, Leeds. He lives with his wife, Louise, in Rawdon, Leeds. He is dedicated to the preservation of the evidence of the past and has particularly enj
. A great many soldiers in 1915 did not survive long enough to record their experiences. From the Back Cover Lionel Sotheby's diary and letters are a compelling first-person account of the harrowing experiences of the young British lieutenant at the Western Front. On the eve of the Battle of Loos, Lionel, barely twenty-one years old, posted two letters saying he was going over the top in the first wave in the morning, "cheerful and full of hope". It was nasty, close-range fighting, with fearsome instruments of death. In so doing, this young man who was forged by the chivalrous ethos of Eton, by his social class, and by his time, bore witness powerfully and poignantly. Nobody yet knew how to fight the first mechanized global war. He was killed in the battle. Brushes with death or mutilation were daily occurrences, and nearby comrades - some literally inches away from Lionel - fell to gas,
I tell you it was a miracle and I feel quite changed as I lay out 15 yards from the German trenches for 4 hours before crawling back.”A great many soldiers in 1915 did not survive log enough to record their experiences. His writing reveals constant peril, hourly discomfort, and gruesome injuries. Brushes with death or mutilation were daily occurrences, and nearby comrades—some literally inches away from Lionel—fell to gas, machine guns, snipers and shells.“One poor fellow next to me put up his head for a second…They got him through the jaw, gums tongue, and come out tearing half his neck away. The whole 15 officers were killed, except 4. “It comes unseen and makes you oblivious of almost everything at times, save one intense desire to kill, kill, kill, the Germans.”Lionel Sotheby’s diary and letters are a compelling first-person account of the harrowing experiences of the young British lieutenant at the Western Front. We bandaged him up somehow. The “butterfly” that emerged in World