HERBERT A.P

The secret battle : a tragedy of the First World War / A.P. Herbert ; with a foreword by Sir Winston S. Churchill ; introduction by Malcolm Brown - London : Frontline Books , 2009. - xxxii, 216 pages ; 19 cm.

First published in 1919.

A.P. Herbert tells the story of an idealistic, young officer called Harry Penrose. First in Gallipoli, then in the trenches of France, he is tested and brought to breaking point as he battles to retain the ideals of military glory, duty and courage amidst the daily grinding miseries of the trenches.

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WORLD WAR, 1914-1918 -- FICTION