{"product_id":"harrys-war-9780091957223","title":"Harrys War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Drinkwater (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Harold Victor Drinkwater was born on 19 February 1889 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School, where Shakespeare was educated. A month after war was declared in 1914, Harry volunteered, but failed his medical for being half an inch' too short. He tried again and successfully joined a Pals battalion in Birmingham. Harry fought on both the Western and Italian Fronts , receiving the Military Cross in 1917. Harry stayed in the army for two more years after Armistice was declared. He died in 1978.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lost diary of the Great War so brutally vivid you'll feel you are there in the trenches * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the best diaries of the First World War -- Rodderick Suddaby, former keeper of the Department of Documents at the Imperial War Museum\u003cbr\u003eUnique ... an unvarnished view of the war’s horrors – and its occasional joys * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable insight into the mind of a man who went through WW1 as an infantryman in the trenches, private and officer ... No-one who wants to understand the truth about the trenches can ignore this book -- Colonel John Hughes-Wilson\u003cbr\u003eUnique ... an unvarnished view of the war’s horrors – and its occasional joys * Telegraph *","brand":"Ebury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732201746775,"sku":"9780091957223","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/harrys-war-9780091957223","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}