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    Short Stories of the Great War: The First World War in Short Fiction
    Short Stories of the Great War: The First World War in Short Fiction
    Short Stories of the Great War: The First World War in Short Fiction
    Audiobook5 hours

    Short Stories of the Great War: The First World War in Short Fiction

    Written by John Buchan, Sapper and Multiple Authors

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    A fascinating collection of short stories by great writers that examine aspects of the first world war, from action in the trenches, to the psychological impact of war on individuals and their relationships, to heroic adventure stories, to ghosts and war graves. A wonderful collection!

    "The King of Ypres", by John Buchan
    "War", by Sherwood Anderson
    "A Source of Irritation", by Stacy Aumonier
    "American Sir!", by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
    "England, my England!", By D. H. Lawrence
    "The Brothers", by Stacy Aumonier
    "Two Submarines from Lord Halifax’s Ghost Book"
    "The Greater Battle", by Edgar Wallace
    "When I Was Wounded at Chocolate Hill", by H. W. Nevinson
    "The Truce of the Bear", by Sapper
    "The Fly", by Katherine Mansfield
    "Panzerkraftwagen", by F. Britten Austin
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateMay 15, 2014
    ISBN9781467680394
    Short Stories of the Great War: The First World War in Short Fiction
    Author

    John Buchan

    John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. He was born in Perth, an eldest son, and studied at Glasgow and Oxford. In 1901 he became a barrister of the Middle Temple and a private secretary to the High Commissioner for South Africa. In 1907 he married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor and they subsequently had four children. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd George's Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940. Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford; his research interests include military history from the 18th century to date, including contemporary strategic studies, but with particular interest in the First World War and in the history of the British Army.

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