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Tim Pigott-Smith
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Peter Hart
About this listen
The Somme has remained a byword for the futility of war ever since. In this major new history of the war, Peter Hart describes how the battle looked from the point of view of those who fought it. Using never-heard-before interviews taken from the Imperial War Museum oral archives this will be a unique audio full of passion, joy, and heart rending stories.
©2005 Peter Hart, Nigel Steel (P)2005 Orion Publishing Group Ltd.Listeners also enjoyed...
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Critic reviews
"[Hart] has produced a remarkably even-handed account....and the first-person accounts he has unearthed are rich in vivid images." (Sunday Times)