{"product_id":"somme-tonie-holt-9781473866720","title":"Somme: 100th Anniversary Battlefield Guid: 7th Revised, Expanded GPS Edition","description":"The book has taken 20 years to mature from its first edition to this new 'Definitive' edition, the Seventh, each time being updated and expanded. It is a legacy that should be on every bookshelf.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is based upon over 30 years of traveling and writing about battlefields by two people - Major and Mrs Holt - who are credited with having started the modern era of battlefield tours - and were awarded the Somme Centenary Medal for their work in 'opening the doors to the battlefields' with their books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Guide Book is MORE than a guide book - Sir Martin Gilbert said, ' the Holts have raised the Guide Book to a new high level, ' and ' the golden thread that runs through it (the previous Somme Guide) - is the focus that the Holts give to the stories of individuals'. It will therefore appeal both to General and to Specialist readers whether they travel to the battlefields or not.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is not merely a guide book, nor a history book, but it is brimming with human interest stories of veterans' experiences, tales of bravery, comradeship, natural terror, literary illusions to poets who experienced the battles (such a Owen \u0026amp; Sassoon, Seeger and Sorley) ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you buy just one book about the Battle of the Somme, this is the one that you should have, written by those who know the area and the battlefield better even than the French themselves, and who tell its story from both humanistic and military standpoints\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tonie Holt, Valamai Holt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1473866723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781473866720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen \u0026amp; Sword Military\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.00d","brand":"Tonie Holt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935503286527,"sku":"9781473866720","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ecf32cfc-0f3e-4e55-90f0-bb5fded0b3b9.jpg?v=1681420176","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/somme-tonie-holt-9781473866720","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}