Her Privates We - Brossura

Manning, Frederic

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1852427175 ISBN 13: 9781852427177

Casa editrice: Serpents Tail, 1999

Riassunto

Presents a fictionalized depiction of the experiences of ordinary British infantry soldiers fighting in the trenches near Somme, France, during World War I.

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Recensione:

The finest and noblest book of men in war that I have ever read. I read it over once each year to remember how things really were so that I will never lie to myself nor to anyone else about them (Ernest Hemingway ?I am sure it is the book of books so far as the British Army is concerned? Lawrence of Arabia)

This unique and extraordinary novel, the finest novel, in my opinion, to have come out of the First World War (William Boyd (from his Introduction))

L'autore:

Frederic Manning was born in Sydney, Australia in 1882. He moved to England in 1903 where he pursued a literary career, reviewing and writing poetry. He enlisted in 1915 in the Shropshire Light Infantry and went to France in 1916 as 'Private 19022.' The Shropshires saw heavy fighting on the Somme and Manning's four months there provided the background to Her Privates We. He died in 1935.

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• Editore: Serpents Tail
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1852427175
• ISBN 13: 9781852427177
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288