Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1161400 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-12
• Original language: French
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 232 pages

Customer Reviews

A colourful, moving account of thr Great War.
I found this book very moving, and thoroughly enjoyable.Although it may lack the fine detail of works by such authors as John Keegan,it more than compensates by it's colourful pictures,poetic extracts,and diary quotes.It is clearly aimed at those with a more general interest in the war rather than the scholar.The book is full of pictures of then and now,and are absolutely splendid.They clearly show the scars left on the landscape 80 years on,including the many cemetries,and monuments that are a poignant reminder in the French and Belgium countryside.I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the Great War.

Lavish pictorial tour of a hunted landscape
A very beautiful book, which tours the reader across the length of the Western Front, depicting the relics and haunted, ghostly landscapes still scarred by the 1914-1918 conflict.

This isn't a 'before and after' book; that genre is well covered elsewhere. It is a very poetic and elegantly produced volume that would make a fine gift for a WW1 enthusiast, of act as a souvenir of a visit to the front.

The scope of the book quite rightly includeds the French sectors, which for the majority of the war bore the main burden of defying the Germans. This is a refreshing perspective when the books available in the UK are dominated by an Anglo point of view.

Look elsewhere for historical and tactical detail. This is a sad but somehow uplifting read showing us how nature is gradually healing the shattered earth. If only all scars could heal so quickly...

A testament that beauty and quiet dignity can spring from destructive madness
This book shows with its 'now and then' format how beautiful the places where so much blood has been spilt have become. The modern day images (shot in different seasons) both inspire the photographer and inform those with a general interest in WW1 and military archaeology and often add a contrast to the First World War images reproduced.

I have to confess that I didn't notice the errors picked up by Military History Buff but I was probably too busy looking at the pictures!

The book also provides a refreshing move from the usual Anglo-centric viewpoint of similar works as it was originally published in French in 1998.

How long till the twisted wreckage of Iraq and Afghanistan looks as beautiful and dignified?