Poetry

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SONS by Paul J. Thornber Original poetry from this Birmingham poet, with photographs and additional material by Terry Carter (author of Birmingham Pals), both of whom regularly visit the Somme together. Paul's sensitive poetry and Terry's military knowledge combine to make this a very different way of considering the events of the Somme. Softback. 105 pp. £9.95 - OUR PRICE £8.95

EDMUND BLUNDEN by H. McPhail & P. Guest. the book follows the war career of this prolific First World War poet. Details of maps, military diaries, photographs and modern roads to guide the visitor through the events, vividly describing the sufferings of battle and trench life. £9.95 – OUR PRICE £8.95

ISAAC ROSENBERG – The making of a Great War poet by Jean Moorcroft Wilson. The author focuses on the relationship between Rosenberg's life and work - his childhood in Bristol and the Jewish East End of London; his time at the Slade School of Art and friendship with David Bomberg, Mark Gertler and Stanley Spencer; and his harrowing life as a private in the British Army. Paperback. Published price £10.99 – OUR PRICE £8.99

POETS AND PALS OF PICARDY by Mary Ellen Freeman. Authors deal with the Somme and the lives of the men who lived, fought and died there. Softback. 144 pp. Published price £9.95 - OUR PRICE £8.95.

WILFRED OWEN by H. McPhail & P. Guest. This is a guide to the battlefields that inspired the young and sensitive poet, whose poems are probably the twentieth century¹s best-known literary expressions of experience of war. Detailed maps, military diaries, photographs and modern roads guide the visitor through the battlefields. Owen's letters are used extensively, together with his poetry, linking specific places events, vividly describing the suffering of the trench. Published price £9.95 – OUR PRICE £8.95

STARS IN A DARK NIGHT – The letters of Ivor Gurney to the Chapman Family by Anthony Boden. These letters give us a previously unrevealed insight into the courage, humour and warmth of his personality in the precious years prior to 1922 after which Gurney was committed to an asylum until his death. 'Stars in a Dark Night' is Gurney's own description of the Chapman's letters to him during the war. This unique and powerful collection of letters is fully complemented with photographs, documents and manuscript pieces. Illustrated softback, 224 pp. Published price £7.99 – OUR PRICE £3.99

VOICES OF SILENCE – The alternative book of First World War Poetry edited by Vivien Noakes. There are many anthologies of poetry of the First World War, reflecting the huge interest there is in this subject, but "Voices of Silence" is unlike any of them. The poetry of the First World War has determined our perception of the war itself. Yet, this perception is based on the interpretation of a few poets who have become household names - writers such as Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Isaac Rosenberg. Less literary but equally important, the poetry gathered together in this volume has been drawn from old newspapers and journals, trench and hospital magazines, individual volumes of verse, gift books, postcards, and an illicit manuscript magazine put together by conscientious objectors. Hardback, 454 pp. Published price £18.99 – OUR PRICE £8.99.

THE FIERCE LIGHT: The Battle of the Somme July - November 1916 edited by Anne Powell. The Fierce Light contains a selection of prose and poetry from 38 contemporary British, Australian and New Zealand writers who fought during the Battle of the Somme. Men from different backgrounds tell their terrible stories in powerful and vivid language. The extracts from their published works, depicting the horrendous bloodshed and destruction they experienced, are placed in chronological order between 1 July and 18 November 1916. Details of the action in which the writer was involved preface each extract. Softback, 310 pp. Published price £10.99 – OUR PRICE £4.99.