The War Walk

A Journey Along the Western Front

Nigel Jones (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2004
Cassell Reference (Verlag)
978-0-304-36683-5 (ISBN)

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A tourist guide, a history and a personal story of the Western Front 1914-18 Nigel Jones's uncle was killed in action near Ypres in 1915, aged just eighteen, and his father served on Field Marshal Haig's staff: no wonder then, that he has always been fascinated by the First World War. THE WAR WALK describes his pilgrimage to the Western Front battlefields: it is a compelling blend of history, travel and personal anecdotes from some of the last surviving veterans of the First World War. He follows the old trench networks from the Belgian coast to the Swiss frontier, bringing each battlefield to life with vivid eyewitness testimony and investigating how the sites are preserved today for modern visitors.

Nigel Jones is a historian,biographer and broadcaster. Formerly Assistant Editor of 'History Today' and 'BBC History' magazines, he now writes fulltime and leads battlefield tours of the western front. His film about the excavation of Wilfred Owen's dugout on the Somme, 'Journey to Hell' , directed by Catrine Clay, was shown on BBC 2's 'Ancestors' series in February 2004. He is currently writing a short biography of Owen, and a study of the Edwardian era.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.8.2004
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	199 x 130 mm
Gewicht	236 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Reisen ► Bildbände ► Europa
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-304-36683-8 / 0304366838
ISBN-13	978-0-304-36683-5 / 9780304366835
Zustand	Neuware