A Very Unimportant Officer - Life and Death on the Somme and At Passchendaele

Zusatztext His trench diaries show a different aspect of World War I from the usual images of industrial massacre. Informationen zum Autor Cameron Stewart is Captain Alexander Stewart's grandson. An actor who has worked extensively in UK television and theatre, he can frequently be heard on BBC Radio 4 and the World Service. Klappentext The extraordinary letters and diaries of Captain Alexander Stewart, who served during the First World War - a vivid and moving picture of trench warfare.The extraordinary letters and diaries of Captain Alexander Stewart, who served during the First World War - a vivid and moving picture of trench warfare. Zusammenfassung The extraordinary letters and diaries of Captain Alexander Stewart, who served during the First World War - a vivid and moving picture of trench warfare.

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The immediacy, candour and sheer literary merit of his journals make this an important new source for the Great War . . . a very remarkable man. Evening Standard

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• Authors: Captain Alexander Stewart, Captain Alexander Stewart, Stew, Alexander Stewart, Cameron Stewart, Captain Alexander Stewart, Captain Alexander Stewart Stewart, Stewart Cameron
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 14.05.2009
• EAN: 9780340977125
• ISBN: 978-0-340-97712-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; France, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Battles & campaigns, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, Non fiction: military history