{"title":"Sian Price","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the heartfelt and moving stories of Sian Price, perfect for readers who enjoy tales of family, resilience, and hope. Discover compelling fiction that celebrates the strength of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"if-you-re-reading-this-last-letters-from-the-front-line-book-sian-price-9781848326101","title":"If You're Reading This...Last Letters from the Front Line","description":"Throughout history, soldiers have known that they run the daily risk of being killed in action for their country. When you are stationed on the front line, it is an ever-present danger.  Hence, for more than three centuries, soldiers have been writing farewell letters to be read in the event of their death - a last link with that person, and a voice from beyond the grave. If You're Reading This brings together a collection of these letters through history.Starting with the Napoleonic Wars and concluding with Iraq and Afghanistan, the book not only reveals farewell letters from soldiers of all ranks and nationalities, but tells a potted history of each individual soldier and his or her story.  Where possible, the book will also explore the reaction and impact of those letters on the family who received them.Historically, these letters have been an opportunity to express feelings, facts, and instructions, but overwhelmingly they're a message of love to those who are left behind.If You're Reading This promises to be a poignant, timely and ultimately uplifting book, which gets to the human heart and real voice of warfare.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49540083024145,"sku":"GOR003533364","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50401199620369,"sku":"CIN1848326106G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50401200865553,"sku":"CIN1848326106VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51345807802641,"sku":"GOR007988847","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53148468642065,"sku":"GOR004224731","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1848326106.jpg?v=1751217601"},{"product_id":"if-you-re-reading-this-book-sian-price-9781848327405","title":"If You're Reading This","description":"' ...tales of love and heroism from conflicts such as the Napoleonic Wars and Afghanistan today' The Mirror 'The poignant farewells encapsulate the final words of servicemen to their loved ones before they were killed in action.' The Telegraph In this profoundly moving collection of 'farewell letters', Sian Price offers a remarkable insight into the hearts and minds of some of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the past 300 years. Each letter provides an enduring snapshot of an impossible moment - when an individual stares death squarely in the face. Many were written on the eve of a great charge or battle; others were written by soldiers who experienced premonitions of their death, or by kamikaze pilots and condemned prisoners. They write of the grim realities of battle, of daily hardships, of unquestioning patriotism or bitter regrets, of religious fervour or political disillusionment, of unrelenting optimism or sinking morale - but above all, they write of their love for their family and the desire to return to them one day. Be it an epitaph dictated on a Napoleonic battlefield, a staunch, unsentimental letter written by a Victorian officer, or an email from a soldier in modern day Afghanistan, these voices speak eloquently and forcefully of the tragedy of war and answer that fundamental human need to say goodbye.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49540926996753,"sku":"GOR009037322","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53340807168273,"sku":"GOR010274384","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1848327404.jpg?v=1751431003"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-sian-price.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}