On the Front Line
True World War I Stories
2nd Edition
Published on 30. September 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-84119-095-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is a collection of nearly 60 personal accounts of the war to end all wars, including the first gas attack, life in the trenches, Gallipoli, the war at sea, aerial dogfights and life as a prisoner of war. It is a record by those who were there at some of the bloodiest battles of the conflict including Loos, Mons, Ypres and the Somme, from the opening moves through to the day that peace was signed.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
310 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84119-095-2 (9781841190952)
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01/1998
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Person
Jon E. Lewis is a historian and writer, whose books on history and military history are sold worldwide. He is also editor of many The Mammoth Book of anthologies, including the bestselling On the Edge and Endurance and Adventure. He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in history. His work has appeared in New Statesman, the Independent, Time Out and the Guardian. He lives in Herefordshire with his partner and children.