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Six Weeks: The Short and Gallant Life of the British Officer in the First World War
John Lewis-Stempel
Prose: non-fiction, European history, British & Irish history, First World War
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- Paperback Dec 13, 2011 | 9781409102144 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 28, 2020 | 9781474615464 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 28, 2010 | 9780297860075 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Dec 13, 2011 | 9781409102144 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
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- e-Book Oct 28, 2010 | 9780297860075 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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The extraordinary story of British junior officers in the First World War, who led their men out of the trenches and faced a life expectancy of six weeks.
Often fresh out of school, many junior officers in the First World War went straight from being prefects to having to lead their men in a charge over the top, knowing that the German machine guns would be trained on the man at the front, knowing that so many of their predecessors had fallen before them. In this remarkable book, John Lewis-Stempel focuses on the oft-overlooked men who were crucial to Britain's war effort.
Basing his account on a huge range of first person accounts, including poignant letters and diaries sent home or back to their school, Lewis-Stempel reveals what motivated these men who faced an average life expectancy of just six weeks once they reached the frontline. He shows the life they led in the trenches, how they sought to keep up the spirits of their men and how they tried to behave with honour in a world where their codes of conduct were being quite literally shot to pieces.
John Lewis-Stempel
John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer and 'Britain's finest living nature writer' (The Times). His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers Woodston, The Running Hare and The Wood. He is the only person to have won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing twice, with Meadowland and Where Poppies Blow. In 2016 he was named Magazine Columnist of the Year for his column in Country Life. He farms cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. Traditionally.
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