Anecdotes of a soldier, richly illustrated, including facsimilies of enlistment forms etc. Details all aspects of army operations and the life of soldiers of the era.
Winner of the Laurence Olivier Best New Comedy award, in Tom Stoppard's hilarious and poignant translation of Gérald Sibleyras' Heroes, we meet three World War I veterans who pass their monotonous filled days in a military hospital by ...
The critically acclaimed Birdy is an inventive, hypnotic novel about friendship and family, love and war, madness and beauty, and, above all, "birdness".
Considers how soldiers through the ages have met their deaths in times of war, covering such subjects as weapons and battlefield strategies while offering insight into cultural differences and the nature of military combat.