{"product_id":"clydes-war-simon-hindmarsh-9798276822235","title":"Clyde's War: A First World War on the land, on the sea, and in the air","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the Sea. On the Land. In the Air.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClyde Lovely did not just witness the First World War; he experienced it on every front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the guns of August 1914 fired, Clyde was already a hardened survivor: a Merchant Navy officer who had battled the treacherous Southern Ocean as a \"Cape Horner.\" But when war broke out, he traded the deck for the dugout, leading men as a Platoon Commander in the mud of the Western Front during the battles of Loos and the Somme.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet Clyde's war was far from over. Seeking a new vantage point, he took to the skies with the Royal Flying Corps, engaging in the terrifying dawn of aerial combat until the strain of shell shock forced him back to the earth he had tried to escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the trenches of France to the colonial outposts of Hong Kong and Mesopotamia, \u003ci\u003eClyde's War\u003c\/i\u003e is the breathless true story of one man's extraordinary service. Meticulously researched by his great-grandson, this is a vivid portrait of a soldier, sailor, and airman who saw the Great War from every conceivable angle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Hindmarsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798276822235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Simon Hindmarsh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48066822603007,"sku":"9798276822235","price":10.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_257255ac-5e87-4b06-b5f5-17beb1668441.jpg?v=1768680752","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clydes-war-simon-hindmarsh-9798276822235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}