- Published: 13 November 2014
- ISBN: 9780241972199
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 464
1914
The Days Of Hope
- Published: 13 November 2014
- ISBN: 9780241972199
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 464
Once again Lyn Macdonald has collected an extraordinary mass of original accounts, some by old soldiers, some in the form of diaries and journals, even by French civilians . . . Her research has been vast, and in result is triumphant
Tablet
These poignant voices from the past conjure up a lost innocence as well as a lost generation
Piers Brendon, Mail on Sunday
A mammoth, vivid compendium of the first months of the war . . . What Lyn Macdonald captures is the extraordinary resilience of the British regulars faced with the brutal shattering of their expectations
Daily Mail
Powerful and beautifully researched. A mind-numbing, heart-breaking book that should be alongside the field marshal's baton in every subaltern's kitbag
Punch