Graves & Sassoon

The war memoirs of these two officers with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers have never been out of print since their first publication. Both men won instant and enduring fame with these very different narratives, which made them two of the most influential participants in shaping later attitudes to the war. Graves gave offence in many quarters with his factual inaccuracies and/or slurs on various units of the British Army. Sassoon's nostalgic evocation of his cricketing and fox-hunting background contrast with the detailed narrative of personalities and life in the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Arras. The thinly disguised names of real fellow officers are unravelled to help illustrate Sassoon's poetry and actions.

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Some books that may interest you

Eyewitness on the Somme 1916 By: Matthew Richardson	Villers Bretonneux By: Dr Peter Pedersen	British Regiments at Gallipoli By: Ray Westlake
Liverpool Pals By: Graham Maddocks	British Expeditionary Force - The 1915 Campaign By: Andrew Rawson	Stukas Over the Mediterranean, 1940-1945 By: Peter C Smith
Visions of War - Private Hitler's War By: Bob Carruthers	The Trafalgar Chronicle	In All Things First: No. 1 Squadron at War 1939-45 By: Peter Caygill