In Passchendaele, Lyn Macdonald lets over 600 soldiers speak for themselves. In doing so, she portrays events from the only point of view that really matters.
Lyn Macdonald is one of the most highly regarded historians of the First World War. Her books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the First World War. Most are published by Penguin.
Lyn Macdonald writes splendidly and touchingly
*Sunday Telegraph*
It is rare to find a history of the First World War which manages
to convey the front-line soldiers' experiences and to describe what
it was that enabled those who survived to get through it. Lyn
Macdonald has done just that
*Sunday Times*
Her basic inspiration is compassion, her technique is scrupulously
painstaking. And her application in finding, interviewing and
editing innumerable contributions can only be admired
*Daily Telegraph*
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