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Title: voices from a century ago tell you what they saw
Review: McDonald's books are excellent. It is sometimes hard to follow the big picture of a battle from how she writes, so these books are not for people looking to start learning about the war. But if you already know the basics of what happened in places like Mons, Ypres, Somme then her books are wonderful. All too often people think of WW1 and imaging only men sitting in muddy trenches and dying under mahcine guns and gas while Red Triplanes fly over head. McDonald goes in very close to the story having interviewed veterans while they were still with us and her books recount the adventures of men on guard duty, or in transit, in the dreaded 'glass house' or moving forward with the line.Reading her books you won't get the grand view of the battle field. You will get the memories of men who saw their little piece of it and tells you what they went through.
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