The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century Playing Cards A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters

A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits

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It’s taxis shuttled troops to the front

elevates to its proper historical importance the role of sea power in the winning of the Great War

The Great War Illustrated 1915 covers the 1915 Gallipoli campaign and the battles that commenced on the Western Front that year

The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century Playing Cards A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy entersDescription by David Reynolds Paperback Winner of the 2014 PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize for the Best Work of History. "If you only read one book about the First World War in this anniversary year, read The Long Shadow. David Reynolds writes superbly and his analysis is compelling and original." Anne Chisolm, Chair of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize Committee, and Chair of the Royal Society of Literature. One of the most violent conflicts in the history of