The Guns of August
Publisher: Constable and Robinson; Robinson Publishing
Published: April 2000
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 499
ISBN-13: 9781841192093
Subjects: Defence strategy, planning & research; European history: First World War; War & defence operations; World history: First World War; First World War, 1914-1918; Military
First sentence: SO GORGEOUS was the spectacle on the May morning of 1910 when nine kings rode in the funeral of Edward VII of England that the crowd, waiting in hushed and black-clad awe, could not keep back gasps of admiration.