Memoirs of an Infantry Officer

Sassoon, Siegfried

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This is Siegfried Sassoon’s fictionalised autobiography of the period between the early spring of 1916 and the summer of 1917. The narrative moves from the trenches to the Fourth Army School, to Morlancourt and a raid, then to and through the Somme.

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Publish Date: 30/08/2018
ISBN: 9780571348121 Category: Tag:

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As I stepped over one of the Germans an impulse made me lift him up from the miserable ditch. Propped against the bank, his blond face undisfigured, except by the mud which I wiped from his eyes and mouth with my coat sleeve. He’d evidently been killed while digging, for his tunic was knotted loosely about his shoulders. He didn’t look to be more than eighteen. Hoisting him a little higher, I thought what a gentle face he had, and remembered that this was the first time I’d ever touched one of our enemies with my hands. Perhaps I had some dim sense of the futility which had put an end to this good-looking youth. Anyhow I hadn’t expected the Battle of the Somme to be quite like this.

This first-hand account of the face of battle is as beautifully written as it is historically significant.

Additional information

Weight 560 g
Dimensions 225 × 150 × 20 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

304

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

823.912 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K