MAJOR AND MRS. HOLT'S BATTLEFIELD GUIDE TO THE SOMME - Softcover

Tonie And Valmai Holt

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9780850524147: MAJOR AND MRS. HOLT'S BATTLEFIELD GUIDE TO THE SOMME

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850524148 ISBN 13: 9780850524147

Publisher: Pen and Sword Military, 2008

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Major and Mrs. Holt's Battlefield Guide to the Somme is, without doubt, one of the best-selling guide books to the battlefields of the Somme. This latest updated edition, includes four recommended, timed itineraries representing one day's traveling. Every stop on route has an accompanying description and often a tale of heroic or tragic action.

Memorials, private and official, sites of memorable conflict, the resting places of personalities of note are all drawn together with sympathetic and understanding commentary that gives the reader a sensitivity towards the events of 1916.

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We update these books every couple of years and are currently on the 6th edition. Sometimes the picture that you see is not the one for the current edition. Since the first book was published many new pages and pictures have been added.

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This guide, the most comprehensive guide yet published, contains: descriptions of ever element of the battle woven into a kaleidoscope of human, literary and travel details; two different approach routes and four recommended, timed, itineraries; memorials large and small, sites of memorable conflict and the last resting places of the celebrated; and a full colour illustrations and detailed maps throughout.

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