- Published: 3 November 2014
- ISBN: 9780091958930
- Imprint: Hutchinson
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $39.99
A Broken World
Letters, Diaries and Memories of the Great War
- Published: 3 November 2014
- ISBN: 9780091958930
- Imprint: Hutchinson
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $39.99
the pleasure of the book is in the straightforward human responses . . . simplicity scores higher than writerly rhetoric
Libby Purves, The Times
a marvellous collection
Arifa Akbar, Independent
It is very much the First World War anthology for our time.
Evening Standard
it is the pain, suffering and confusion that dominates this impressive work, the reality of warfare summed up by Private Frank Cocker, who wrote from the front in 1915 following the loss of his brother, "My heart is so stunned I don’t know whether it is broken or not."
Daily Express
Reflecting civic life as well as life in the trenches, the accessible style allows you to dip in and out as you please, exploring a world unknown to most.
Big Issue
As you would expect from [. . .] Sebastian Faulks, the selections have extraordinary literary power . . . they speak with distinctive voices, which echo in the mind.
Charles Moore, Daily Telegraph
This is a unique collection of contemporary accounts – and just as compelling as the work of any historian.
The Scotsman
Profound, moving and important
Reader's Digest