Buy this book on-line van EMDEN**, RICHARD - Edited and Introduced by: : SAPPER MARTIN: The Secret Great War Diary of Jack MartinLONDON.BLOOMSBURY,2009. ISBN 9781408802670.
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Albert John (Jack) Martin was a 31-year-old Admiralty clerk when he was called up into the army in early 1916.Throughout his service with the Royal Engineers (the Sappers),he wrote in secret because men at the front were forbidden to keep diaries. And when he returned home he told no one about them.Bundled up in the attic,they remained undiscovered until his grandson came across them in 1999.
Written in a clear,elegant,often humorous style,Jack Martin's diary reveals a distinctive and compelling mind,presenting the reality of war with heartbreaking clarity.From his arrival in France during the Battle of the Somme,through the onslaughts of Messines and Ypres and the German offensive of 1918,to the Armistice,
we see the Great War as it was lived and fought by the ordinary Tommy.
Martin describes the reality of life at the front - the ever present fear of death, the loneliness,and the apalling conditions in which the men lived and died - but also the support of friends and joy at the arrival of parcels from loved ones at home. Through it all,Martin maintains an extraordinary humanity and tranquility of spirit,underpinned by a wry humour.
These diaries are an exceptional discovery and are now published for the first time. They have been expertly edited and introduced by the noted First World War historian Richard van Emden.See also book ID's rja27827 - 'BOY SOLDIERS of the GREAT WAR' and rja448913 - 'THE SOLDIERS WAR: The Great War through Veterans' Eyes' for related subject books by the same author/ historian.
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