bruce Posted 26 May , 2007 Share Posted 26 May , 2007 Nobody else read "Ainsdale War Memorial"? Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Dunlop Posted 26 May , 2007 Share Posted 26 May , 2007 Fascinated by "Documents Allemands sur la Bataille de la Marne". It includes reports from Hentsch, Tappen, Captains Köppen et König who accompanied Hentsch, von Bülow's account, Ludendorff's report on the OHL investigation in 1917, and a wealth of other extraordinary material. Originally published in 1930. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 28 May , 2007 Share Posted 28 May , 2007 Nobody else read "Ainsdale War Memorial"? Bruce How much is a signed copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 28 May , 2007 Share Posted 28 May , 2007 I am led to believe that a request to the author for a signed copy would result in NO EXTRA charge! Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 28 May , 2007 Share Posted 28 May , 2007 I'll bet there will be postage though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 28 May , 2007 Share Posted 28 May , 2007 Not if you ask the author nicely enough! Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Althouse Posted 29 May , 2007 Share Posted 29 May , 2007 The Somme by Peter Hart. For the Will Bird fan above, try "Ghosts Have Warm Hands" if you haven't already read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 29 May , 2007 Share Posted 29 May , 2007 I am reading Simon Jones' book on Gas Warfare and the classic, " Gas!" by Foulkes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trenchwire Posted 29 May , 2007 Share Posted 29 May , 2007 Readers wives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 1 June , 2007 Share Posted 1 June , 2007 Been sidetracked from the Invasion of Luxembourg by the fleeting opportunity to read Nigel Steel and Peter Hart's 'Jutland 1916' which I thought excellent. After that, I launched into 'Prelude to Victory' by E.L. Spears, about Franco-British relations and the run-up to the Nivelle offensive. Very insightful by one who was there, and written in great style. I don't know whether it is still in print but would really recommend it. cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 1 June , 2007 Share Posted 1 June , 2007 I read and enjoyed Simon Jones' book and can recommend it. I have shelved Foulkes' book for reference if required. I don't know why we bothered with artillery, rifles, aircraft, tanks and all that other stuff. All we needed was gas. It never failed and as far as I could understand, wiped out nearly the whole population of Germany. I may refer to it in future but I can throw a grand piano further than I would trust it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malte Znaniecki Posted 2 June , 2007 Share Posted 2 June , 2007 Actually I read the following books: Beneath Flanders Fields by Peter Barton, Peter Doyle and Johan Vandewalle Ypres - The first Battle 1914 by Ian F. W. Beckett Gruss aus Flandern ! Groeten uit Vlaanderen ! by Eddy Lambrecht Pillars of Fire - The Battle of Messines Ridge June 1917 by Ian Passingham The Grat War in Ypres by Jacky Platteeuw This in the main, but beside them I read many more books Malte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy Posted 27 July , 2007 Share Posted 27 July , 2007 In a break from the Great War (I read 'Private 12768' and 'Not Forgotten' during the great Gloucester power cut), I'm reading 'Vulcan 607'. I am thoroughly enjoying it so far. Until relatively recently, I worked with one of the air-to-air refuelling pilots from that very mission. Roxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAT58 Posted 30 July , 2007 Share Posted 30 July , 2007 Looking forward to reading "COVENANTS WITH DEATH - Ed. by T.A.Innes/Ivor Castle" Anyone else read (silly question) What are you thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 1 August , 2007 Share Posted 1 August , 2007 Not sure "read" is the word - looked at the pictures. Pretty revolting, frankly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanhemmings Posted 1 August , 2007 Share Posted 1 August , 2007 Reading "Forgotten lunatics" but it is very heavy going for me so have temporarily diverted off to read Max Egremont biography of Sassoon. Very interesting read so far. Now have to read the "Sherston" trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 2 August , 2007 Share Posted 2 August , 2007 Susan, have you read "The Weald of Youth" and its two companion volumes? These are Sassoon in the first person, and I found them extremely interesting, and (in many places) very moving. Worth a read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanhemmings Posted 2 August , 2007 Share Posted 2 August , 2007 Steven, I have been keeping my eye on this volume via ebay (currently going at something like 39.00). Thanks for the tip. Am very interested in his personal memoirs and I can imagine them being very moving indeed. I find his whole upbringing and development through childhood very interesting. What a background. I will have to invest in these. Thanks again "Mr. Broomers"..... Susan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 2 August , 2007 Share Posted 2 August , 2007 JUTLAND 1916 Nigel Steel & Peter Hart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connaughtranger Posted 3 September , 2007 Share Posted 3 September , 2007 I suspect that it's not only youngsters who don't read him. What a great pity so few read John Buchan. He's a pure story teller like John Steinbeck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 3 September , 2007 Share Posted 3 September , 2007 A man after my own heart.( I'm guessing on the gender bit) . I'd like to hear what you are currently reading. Is it confined to fiction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Elizabeth Stewart Posted 3 September , 2007 Share Posted 3 September , 2007 'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden. I'm nearly halfway through that and still not entirely clear about why he deemed it necessary to write an apology for his book before he wrote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShirlD Posted 3 September , 2007 Share Posted 3 September , 2007 Major and Mrs. Holts Battlefield Guides to the Somme and Ypres, in between visiting rellies in Stone in Oxney, Goring, Pulborough, Putney and Norway for the weekend It is Tunisia next week Cheers everyone Shirley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busternyc10014 Posted 6 September , 2007 Share Posted 6 September , 2007 Thanks to the many recommendations from forum members, I have been introduced to some extraordinary books. I recently finished Death’s Men which gave me remarkable insight into the lives of the PBI. Currently I am reading Ghosts Have Warm Hands which certainly lives up to its forum reputation as a great read. Finally, I might have a new favorite book (non-fiction), Old Soldiers Never Die. All three books have given me original insights into the daily lives of the men I so admire, humanizing them and perhaps giving me more accurate picture of the war the men in the front knew. Thank you forum members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 6 September , 2007 Share Posted 6 September , 2007 What a great pity so few read John Buchan. He's a pure story teller Hear, hear. I'm currently reading Saul David's "Victoria's Wars" (on the train home in the evenings). Brilliant stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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