Dimensions
122 x 138 x 9mm
2 CDs
Read by David Tredinnick
The moving WWI memoirs of Walter Downing who fought on the Western Front.
Written just after the heat of the battle and in the language of the time, this is the personal account of an ordinary soldier's experience of one of the most horrific series of battles ever fought. Downing describes the mud, the rats, the constant pounding of the guns, the deaths and the futility, but also the humour and heroism of one of the most compelling periods in world history. His writing is spare but vivid, and presents a graphic description of an ordinary person's struggle to survive.
