Men of Letters: The Post Office Heroes Who Fought the Great War - Couverture souple

Barret, Duncan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0749575204 ISBN 13 : 9780749575205

Editeur : Automobile Association, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

When the First World War broke out, the Post Office was the biggest employer in the world, with its own company of volunteer part-time soldiers, The Post Office Rifles. Suddenly catapulted into conflict, ordinary postmen and messenger boys found themselves in the trenches of the Western Front, hoping that their own letters would reach home - and relying on the letters and parcels they received for comfort and much-needed boosts to morale. By the war's end, 1,500 of them had been killed. Using the personal stories, letters and diary entries of the men who joined the Post Office Riffles, this is a moving account of how the war touched the lives of ordinary people - how it changed communities, how women took up men's work, and, of course, the vital role the mail played in winning the war. Foreword written by Alan Johnson MP.

Biographie de l'auteur

Duncan Barrett studied English at Cambridge and is a writer and editor, specialising in biography and memoir. He is the author of The Sugar Girls, which was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller for three weeks, ranked #2 in the history bestsellers of 2012. It is currently under option for TV/film adaptation. This was followed in 2013 by GI Brides, which deals with women who married American GIs during WW2 and began a new life with them in post-war America. This is also under option for TV adaptation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Automobile Association
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0749575204
• ISBN 13: 9780749575205
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 384