Nineteen twenties socialite Brenda does everything society expects including marrying Tony Last. Owner of a country pile Tony appears dull […]
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39 Steps by John Buchan was written in 1915, but set just before the war. It is significant as one […]
The Penguin Book of First World War Stories includes contemporary as well as retrospective stories. For me, reading all the […]
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque was written in 1929. It follows a group of German […]
Set in 1914, this novel focusses on young men and women at the Slade School of Art and the life-changing […]
This is set in Cornwall in 1917 where D H Lawrence and his German wife have come to escape the […]
This was written in 1918 and shows the devastating impact of shell shock and memory loss on an upper class […]