The secret battle
Subtitle: a tragedy of the First World War
By: A.P. Herbert ; with a forward by Sir Winston Churchill ; introduction by Malcolm Brown
Publisher: Frontline
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781848325210
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Fiction
Description: 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.