Hundreds of previously unpublished accounts make this a major new soldier's eye history of the Somme - think Lyn MacDonald with bells on Peter Hart, the Imperial War Museum's oral historian, has a growing following, and is guaranteed reviews in all the national papers
Peter Hart was born in 1955. He went to Liverpool University before joining the Sound Archive at the Imperial War Museum in 1981. He is now Oral Historian at the Archive.
Peter Hart pays handsome tribut to the 'ordinary soldiers...' ... one could not wish for a more appropriate testimony to that generation for which the Somme was much more than a topic for academic research or a source of poignant reflection. - LITERARY REVIEWA monumental feat of research, his book is also a memorial of the most compelling kind to the hundreds of individuals whose diaries, letters and recollections are presented so vividly here. - THE SCOTSMAN[Hart] has produced a remarkably even-handed account... and the first-person accounts he has unearthed are rich in vivid images... - SUNDAY TIMESHart has succeeded in presenting his massive subject with objective clarity... the material gives it curious immediacy... brilliantly well-written extracts... Prepare to be enlightened, but prepare to feel respect for all the men involved. - SOLDIER MAGAZINEExcellent - TLSHart is an accomplished author of anecdotal histories and here he is on top form... it deserves a wide readership. - BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE
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