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In Their Own Words

Untold Stories of the First World War

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In Their Own Words

By: Anthony Richards
Narrated by: Elliot Chapman, Katy Sobey, Piers Hampton
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Summary

The First World War was the defining event of the last century. It claimed the lives of more than 16 million people across the globe and had an enormous impact on all who experienced it. No nation in Europe was left untouched, and even neutral states felt its devastating impact.

Yet it was the ordinary men and women who were affected the most.

This gripping, revealing and poignant collection of stories tells the First World War from the perspective of those who were there, using letters, diaries and memoirs from Imperial War Museum's unparalleled archives.

©2015 The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum (P)2015 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Military Military & War World War I Veteran War
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I couldn't stop listening to this audio book until I had too. Truly Fascinating insight to real peoples lives during these horrid times.

Fantastic

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This production by the IWM is a excellent insight into the many aspects of life during the Great War, for a variety of people. I greatly enjoyed the book, no doubt I will listen again. It was especially pleasingly that you were told what these different people did following the end of the War. I will look for more books by this author.

Fascinating

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Never wrote a review before this, I just had to comment on the seemingly matter of fact honesty which came through in every story. When reading this book you are taken back to a place in time where the most horrendous events are taking place. Yet the way in which people selflessly cared about others and thought about others before themselves, even if terrified beyond imagination, is humbling.

Unabashed honesty

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brilliantly read, very different perspective on the great war
war. very humain recollection of key events.

A GREAT LISTEN.

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One story each from some of the key moments of World War I - Passchendaele, Gallipoli, The Home Front, the Royal Flying Corps, The Somme, The Battle of Jutland, The Armistice etc.

Good Mixture of Stories

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