A War in Words By Svetlana Palmer, Sarah Wallis. Hardback 1st edition

A War in Words By Svetlana Palmer, Sarah Wallis

Hardback, with dust jacket very good condition, minor tanning to front end 352 pages Published by Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2003 ISBN: 0743248317 35 b&w illustrations 21.6 x 13.5 centimetres (0.54 kg)

This is a portrait of World War I through the letters and diaries of its participants, recently uncovered during extensive research across 28 countries for the 10-part Channel 4 series, "The First World War", showing during autumn 2003. Combatants, eyewitnesses and victims talk directly to us from within the war itself and from all sides of the conflict. Their testimony - from that of one of Franz Ferdinand's assassins, to the final entry from a French soldier as he revisits the battlefield in 1919 - recounts the complex history of a war whose repercussions changed the world irrevocably.

About the Author Sarah Wallis has worked as a researcher and producer on a number of contemporary and historical films about Europe, including the BBC's award-winning People's Century. Svetlana Palmer was born in Moscow and educated in Russia and Britain, where she has lived since 1990. She too is a researcher and producer and her credits include The Cold War and The Second World War In Colour.

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