Expertly written and beautifully presented, this book of outstanding photographs, documents and art work captures the spirit of the British people as they faced and successfully came through the prolonged challenge of the First World War. Using previously unpublished material from the Liddle Collection in the University Library at Leeds and supporting this with photographs from private and public collections from many parts of the British Isles, 'Britons Experience the Great War' brings the experience of soldiers, sailors and airmen graphically close. It is, however, not just the fighting fronts which are so well represented: from the industrial, agricultural, domestic, educational and war resistance scenes, the response to war of workers, wives, sweethearts, students, children, rebels and resisters is made clear. Fund raising, rationing, humour, anxiety and grief are documented in this book in a way which provides touching testimony of the spirit of the times. With almost four hundred illustrations, the book spans the British Isles and the most remote fighting fronts. AUTHOR: Dr Peter Liddle is a well-respected historian of the First and Second World Wars who has concentrated on the personal experience of the men and women who took part in these conflicts. He founded the Liddle Collection, a repository of documents and memorabilia connected to the First World War which is housed at the University of Leeds, and with the assistance of others, The Second World War Experience Centre now at Walton near Wetherby, North Yorkshire. His many books include The Great War 1914-1945: Lightning Strikes Twice, Captured Memories 1900-1918, Captured Memories 1930-1945, The Soldier's War 1914-1918 and Men of Gallipoli. 150 illustrations
