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In Their Own Words

Untold Stories of the First World War

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The First World War was the defining event of the last century. It claimed the lives of more than 16 million people across the globe and had an enormous impact on all who experienced it. No nation in Europe was left untouched, and even neutral states felt its devastating impact.

Yet it was the ordinary men and women who were affected the most.

This gripping, revealing and poignant collection of stories tells the First World War from the perspective of those who were there, using letters, diaries and memoirs from Imperial War Museum's unparalleled archives.

©2015 The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum (P)2015 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Military Military & War World War I Veteran War
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I couldn't stop listening to this audio book until I had too. Truly Fascinating insight to real peoples lives during these horrid times.

Fantastic

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This production by the IWM is a excellent insight into the many aspects of life during the Great War, for a variety of people. I greatly enjoyed the book, no doubt I will listen again. It was especially pleasingly that you were told what these different people did following the end of the War. I will look for more books by this author.

Fascinating

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Really interesting first hand accounts of WW1 seom start to finish. I wish it had been longer and found the awful attempt of an Irish accent towards the end to be irritating. All in I'd recommend this for a listen.

Really interesting first hand accounts

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How can a book about the horror of the First World War be wonderful but it is. So many stories and sacrifices given in the name of freedom. The chapter about the Somme was heart wrenching. So well narrated.

The people who left behind their stories should be heard by all.

Wonderful

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Really good narration for each story from the written accounts of different people men and women that were impacted or had a role in the war be it directly or indirectly. What I enjoy the most is the unique banquet of perspectives which would be rare to find in most WW1 audiobooks

Not what I expected

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