It's been criticised for being self-pitying, but come on! Vera loses her brother, her fiance and two close friends. I was absolutely devastated when the hero, a pilot who joins the RFC (as it then was) is killed.Īs a teenager, Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth was almost too painful to read, but I loved it. The first books from this period which made an impact on me were the Flambards series by KM Peyton, set before, during and after the war. Sheena Wilkinson, author and contributor to The Great War with the short story Each Slow Dusk If it hadn't been for Barroux the diary might have rotted where it lay, but as it is his beautiful illustrations bring life to this true account of what it was really like to be a soldier during the first world war. Line of Fire is the diary of an unknown soldier found in a Paris rubbish heap by the French illustrator Barroux.
Marcia Williams, author and illustrator of of Archie's War Colquhoun's skilful comic-style line artwork tell the story in pictures and gives a real feel of life and death in the trenches and doesn't duck the tragedy or the stupidity. Like my grandfather Charlie, the boy-soldier Charley has to grow up fast and and learns the hard way after joining up. Although the similar title is a coincidence (I can't help my real-life grandfather having a similar name as Mill's fictitious character!) I do however love the books. Beautifully illustrated and sensitively told, this story will live on for generations to come.Ĭharley's War is a British comic strip written by Pat Mills and drawn by Joe Colquhoun, originally published in Battle Picture Weekly from January 1979 to October 1985 and now available as books. I recommend The Amazing Tale of Ali Pasha, written and illustrated by Michael Foreman, the remarkable and true story of the young sailor Alf Friston who found a tortoise on the beach at Gallipoli in 1915. Michael Morpurgo, whose latest book on the first world war is the anthology Only Remembered
Michael Foreman, The Amazing Tale of Ali Pasha
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