Ebook: Blood and iron : letters from the Western Front
Author: Butterworth Hugh Montagu, Cooksey Jon
- Tags: Butterworth Hugh Montagu -- Correspondence., Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Correspondence., World War 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives British.
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Pen and Sword
- Edition: Large print edition
- Language: English
- epub
Until now Hugh Butterworth was just one of the millions of lost soldiers of the Great War, and the extraordinary letters he sent home from the Western Front have been largely forgotten. But, after more than ninety years of obscurity, these letters, which describe his experience of war in poignant detail, have been rediscovered, and they are published here in full. They are a moving, intensely personal and Read more...
Abstract: Until now Hugh Butterworth was just one of the millions of lost soldiers of the Great War, and the extraordinary letters he sent home from the Western Front have been largely forgotten. But, after more than ninety years of obscurity, these letters, which describe his experience of war in poignant detail, have been rediscovered, and they are published here in full. They are a moving, intensely personal and beautifully written record by an articulate and observant man who witnessed at first hand one of the darkest episodes in European history