TY - BOOK AU - HERBERT A.P TI - The secret battle: a tragedy of the First World War SN - 9781848325210 (pbk.) : PY - 2009/// CY - London : PB - Frontline Books KW - WORLD WAR, 1914-1918 KW - FICTION N1 - First published in 1919 N2 - 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 ER -