The First of July: A Novel
Elizabeth Speller,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Pegasus
Elizabeth Speller,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Pegasus
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781605984971 (1605984973)
Publish date: November 14th 2013
Publisher: Pegasus
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
The Battle of the Somme began on 1 July 1916 and continued for the next four and a half months. By the end of the engagement, more than 1,000,000 men had been killed or wounded. It is one of the deadliest (if not the deadliest) battle in history. The title of Elizabeth Speller’s incredible novel, Th...
This book as was a quick and – despite the subject matter – light read. Unfortunately, it did not do much for me: I kept thinking that I was supposed to feel more than I actually did. The book follows four separate men (three British and one French) caught up in World War I, culminating in the Battl...