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'One of the first books that anyone should read in beginning to try to understand this war and this century' New York Times Book Review

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Written by one of our generation's most respected historians, it charts the Great War from its inception with a rigorous attention to dates, facts and statistics but coloured in with human perspective and poetry * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH *
One of the first books that anyone should read in beginning to try to understand this war and this century * New York Times Book Review *
Written by one of our generation's most respected historians, it charts the Great War from its inception with a rigorous attention to dates, facts and statistics but coloured in with human perspective and poetry * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH *

The First World War

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    A Paperback / softback by Sir Martin Gilbert

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      Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
      Publication Date: 10/10/2008
      ISBN13: 9781409102793, 978-1409102793
      ISBN10: 1409102793
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      History European history: medieval period, middle ages

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      'One of the first books that anyone should read in beginning to try to understand this war and this century' New York Times Book Review

      Trade Review
      Written by one of our generation's most respected historians, it charts the Great War from its inception with a rigorous attention to dates, facts and statistics but coloured in with human perspective and poetry * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH *
      One of the first books that anyone should read in beginning to try to understand this war and this century * New York Times Book Review *
      Written by one of our generation's most respected historians, it charts the Great War from its inception with a rigorous attention to dates, facts and statistics but coloured in with human perspective and poetry * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH *

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