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From: JeremyR on 12 Nov 2009 03:22 darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote in news:vgenf5lansck33kdd8vn3jt4rc89i5bqrc(a)4ax.com: > On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:48:44 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > >>Can anyone recommend a very good book on the First World War. >> >>I've been interested in it for some time (since reading Pat Barker's >>trilogy) and, having tonight watched Andrew Marr's "Making of Modern >>Britain", which covered it, I feel the need to read a good in depth >>history of the war. >> >>Anyone? > > not me, but if you want a /novel/ set in a bit of WW1 that's rarely > discussed, try "An Ice-cream war", by William Boyd. If we are recommending fiction too, I agree with the above and "Strange Meeting" by Susan Hill. The Pat Barker trilogy was the best fiction I read about WW1, but if Champ likes looking at pictures rather than reading, there is also Charley's War from the Battle Comic in the 80s republished as hardbacks. I buy my son a volume every year. He likes it. -- Jeremy Ireland FJR1300ABS GSX-R750K7
From: Champ on 12 Nov 2009 04:28 On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:35:48 +0000, darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: >not me, but if you want a /novel/ set in a bit of WW1 that's rarely >discussed, try "An Ice-cream war", by William Boyd. Noted, ta. I loved "Any Human Heart" by Boyd, recommmended by you iirc. F read my copy this year and really enjoyed it too. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: ogden on 12 Nov 2009 04:58 Champ wrote: > On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:35:48 +0000, darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: > > >not me, but if you want a /novel/ set in a bit of WW1 that's rarely > >discussed, try "An Ice-cream war", by William Boyd. > > Noted, ta. I loved "Any Human Heart" by Boyd, recommmended by you > iirc. F read my copy this year and really enjoyed it too. You've probably already read it, but (most of) Birdsong is quite good. Download a hooky copy of Oh What A Lovely War. -- ogden
From: TOG on 12 Nov 2009 05:01 On 11 Nov, 23:48, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a very good book on the First World War. > > I've been interested in it for some time (since reading Pat Barker's > trilogy) and, having tonight watched Andrew Marr's "Making of Modern > Britain", which covered it, I feel the need to read a good in depth > history of the war. > > Anyone? > August 1914 by Barbara Tuchman is good, as an intro. The Donkeys, by Alan Clark, as someone else said. One single book, though, is hard to recommend. Castles of Steel for the naval arms race and the big ships battles. Sagittarius Rising for the best description of a fighter pilot's life ever written.
From: Krusty on 12 Nov 2009 05:04
Champ wrote: > Can anyone recommend a very good book on the First World War. Duh! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I -- Krusty '03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger (for sale) '79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale) |