{"product_id":"the-great-war-9780099591252","title":"The Great War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the First World War three quarters of a million British people died  a figure so huge that it feels impossible to give it a human context. Consequently we struggle to truly grasp the impact this devastating conflict must have had on people''s day-to-day lives. We resort to looking at the war from a distance, viewing its events in terms of their political or military significance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great War: The People''s Story \u003c\/i\u003eis different. Like the all-star ITV series it accompanies, it immerses the reader in the everyday experiences of real people who lived through the war. Using letters, diaries, and memoirs  many of which have never previously been published  Isobel Charman has painstakingly reconstructed the lives of people such as separated newly-weds Alan and Dorothy Lloyd, plucky enlisted factory-worker Reg Evans and proudly independent suffragist Kate Parry Frye. A century on, they here tell their stories in their own words, offering a uniquely personal account of \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply moving, fascinating and powerful. * Sunday Mirror *\u003cbr\u003eA handful of people dominate this wonderful book. They are not special or famous but their stories will haunt you for a very long time... Charman's great achievement is to let the people who lived through all this speak for themselves. You will be torn between admiration, pity and anger. * The Herald *\u003cbr\u003eThis tome lets those who lived through these terrible times tell you how it \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e was in their own words. From the gung-ho to the fearful, the petty to the practical, the sorrows and the shocks, the pitiful, the heroic, the angry… they put it all down on paper in a way that lets you gauge whether \u003ci\u003eyou\u003c\/i\u003e could have lived through the terror – and be in awe of those who did. * Sunday Sport *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a deeply sobering, essential read. * Bookbag *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017531785559,"sku":"9780099591252","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099591252.jpg?v=1750773854","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-great-war-9780099591252","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}