{"product_id":"9781473866720","title":"Major \u0026 Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Guide Somme by","description":"The 100th Anniversary of the most publically aware battle of WW1 - the  battle of the Somme, will be on 1 July 2016 and every media form will be  covering it from January onwards. The book has taken 20 years to mature from its first edition to this new 'Definitive' edition, the Seventh, each time being updated and expanded. It is a legacy that should be on every  bookshelf.  The book is based upon over 30 years of traveling and writing about  battlefields by two people - Major and Mrs  Holt - who are credited with  having started the modern era of battlefield tours - and were awarded the  Somme Centenary Medal for their work in 'opening the doors to the  battlefields' with their books.  This Guide Book is MORE than a guide book - Sir Martin Gilbert said, ' the  Holts have raised the Guide Book to a new high level,' and ' the golden  thread that runs through it (the previous Somme Guide) - is the focus that  the Holts give to the stories of individuals'. It will therefore appeal both  to General and to Specialist readers whether they travel to the battlefields  or not.This is not merely a guide book, nor a history book, but it is brimming  with human interest stories of veterans' experiences, tales of bravery,  comradeship, natural terror, literary illusions to poets who experienced the  battles (such a Owen \u0026amp; Sassoon, Seeger and Sorley) .   ..If you buy just one book about the Battle of the Somme, this is the one  that you should have, written by those who know the area and the battlefield  better even than the French themselves, and who tell its story from both  humanistic and military standpoints\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301012287861,"sku":"9781473866720","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781473866720.jpg?v=1762789911","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781473866720","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}