The Wipers Times

The Famous First World War Trench Newspaper

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2018 | Facsimile edition
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4728-3422-5 (ISBN)

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The bestselling facsimile reproduction of the famed trench newspaper of the First World War - a unique portrait of life on the wartime frontline.

Decades ahead of the amusing but distorting buffoonery of Blackadder Goes Forth, this complete edition of the Wipers Times, the famed trench newspaper of the First World War, is an extraordinary mix of black humour, fake entertainment programmes and pastiche articles, and constitutes a unique record of life on the wartime frontline.

From its long-running cartoon pun (Are We Being Offensive Enough?) to its brilliantly subversive column Things We Want to Know (the name of the officer who originated the idea), its hilarious spoof ads to its pastiche fake contributors (Belary Helloc), this complete facsimile edition of the Wipers Times, produced to accompany the BBC dramatization, is a historical masterpiece that enables us to sample the real spirit of the trenches . . . from the safety of our armchairs.

Chris Westhorp is an experienced freelance editor, writer and researcher. Formerly of Arms and Armour Press and Duncan Baird Publishing, he has a specialist interest in military history and aviation. Chris is the author of The Commando Pocket Manual 1950-1945(Conway, 2012) amongst numerous other titles.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.01.2018
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 216 mm
Gewicht	604 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
ISBN-10	1-4728-3422-4 / 1472834224
ISBN-13	978-1-4728-3422-5 / 9781472834225
Zustand	Neuware