Blood and Thunder. The Boys of Eton College and the First World War
Brimscombe Port, The History Press, 2014.
Octavo, 384 pages with 2 maps plus 32 pages of plates (including 3 maps).
Papered boards; extremities slightly bumped; an excellent copy with the near-fine dustwrapper.
'Thousands of Old Etonians flocked to the front, with many of them stepping out of the classroom, into the army and onto the battlefields before they had left their teenage years behind. Over 1,200 of them would not return. Historian Alexandra Churchill's groundbreaking narrative recounts the history of the Great War from the viewpoint of an extraordinary band of brothers from the banks of the Thames as they worked and played in privilege to the ghastly realities of war in the fields of France, Belgium and beyond' (dustwrapper).
Item #127976
Price (AUD):
$100.00