The Great War by The Imperial War Museum
As we mark the centenary of the end of World War One, this astonishing book collects over five hundred remarkable photographs and rarely seen material of the war from the Imperial War Museum archives The Great War was the first conflict to be documented in photographs.
I have never seen or read anything that brings the First World War quite so vividly alive-- Mark Haddon * Guardian *
Does [it] count as a book of the year? It's certainly my meticulously illustrated panorama of the year. -- Craig Taylor * Observer *
Monumental. -- Nigel Jones * Sunday Telegraph Seven *
Sampling this later photographic narrative, published ahead of next year's First World War centenary, left this reader feeling like Tommy Atkins after one of the Great Wa'’s artillery barrages: shell-shocked. -- Sean O'Grady * Independent *
A spectacular pictorial history. -- Fanny Blake * Woman & Home *
Does [it] count as a book of the year? It's certainly my meticulously illustrated panorama of the year. -- Craig Taylor * Observer *
Monumental. -- Nigel Jones * Sunday Telegraph Seven *
Sampling this later photographic narrative, published ahead of next year's First World War centenary, left this reader feeling like Tommy Atkins after one of the Great Wa'’s artillery barrages: shell-shocked. -- Sean O'Grady * Independent *
A spectacular pictorial history. -- Fanny Blake * Woman & Home *
Mark Holborn is known internationally as an editor of illustrated books. He has worked with many of the world’s leading photographers and artists, and with a number of the most important photographic archives.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224096553 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224096559 |
| Title | The Great War |
| Author | The Imperial War Museum |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2013-10-03 |
| Number of pages | 504 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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