The Promise (62 page)

SHEILA MEANING
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Acknowledgements

First and foremost to Glen Fisher as without his knowledge of the First World War, the books he directed me to and his enthusiasm for my book I might never have got started.

I read a huge amount of books in my research, too many to mention individually, but of special note were
The First Day on the Somme
by Martin Middlebrook,
The First World War
by John Keegan and
Voices of the War
by Peter H. Liddle.

Lyn Macdonald’s books
Somme, They called it Passchendaele
, and
The Roses of No Man’s Land
helped me understand the bigger picture so much better. I can recommended any of these books to anyone who wants to know more about the First World War.

MICHAEL JOSEPH

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First published 2012

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