World War I

[close] A group to discuss and share thoughts about my 2018 WW1 set novel THE LETTER. Based on my great-aunt's story and set in Cornwall, it's a book that I simply had to to write.

[close] A place to discuss the cultural milieu of the Great War (also referred to as the First World War, World War I, WWI, World War One). The intent of this group is to discuss the cultural significance, legacy, arts, relating to Great War. This could include cultural studies (i.e. Fussell) or fiction during the war era (i.e. Willa Cather) or fiction set during the war written later (i.e. Jacqueline Winspear, Anne Perry).

[close] A GENEALOGICAL BOOK GROUP, FOR RESEARCH HELP AND GUIDANCE. lilnk https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hr1LzpOSy3f8B2eOsM4_24wa5xUe-KxXxRQVz-VtzWA/edit

[close] Reading our way through the various novels, adaptions and non-fiction books about World War One. Reading from 2014-2018. Novels: 1. All Quiet on the Western Front — Erich Maria Remarque (German) 1929. 2. Birdsong — Sebastain Faulks (English) 1993. 3. Regeneration Trilogy — Pat Barker (English) 1991; 1993; 1995. 4. Parade’s End — Ford Maddox Ford (English) 1924-28. 5. The Wars — Timothy Findley (Canadian) 1977. 6. A Farewell to Arms — Ernest Hemmingway (American) 1929. 7.1915: The Death of Innocence — Lyn MacDonald (Australian) 1993. 8. The Absolutist — John Boyne (Irish) 2011. 9. August 1914 — Solzhenitsyn (Russian) 1970. 10. Good-bye to All That - Robert Graves (English) 1929. 11. The General — C.S. Forester (English) 1936. 12. Storm of Steel — Ernest Jünger (German) 1920. 13. The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme and Ancre, 1916 — Frederic Manning (Australian) 1929. 14. The Good Soldier Svejk — Jaroslav Hasek (Austria) 1923. 15. Radetzky March — Joseph Roth (Austrian-Jewish) 1932. 16. Iron Gustav — Hans Fallada (German) 1938. 17. Fall of Giants — Ken Follett (English) 2010. 18. Covenant with Death — John Harris (English) 1961.