Famous WW1 books:
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Author Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front is about a German Veteran of WW1. It shows all the physical and mental stress he had during the Great War( WW1 ).
Main Characters; Tjaden, Albert, Kat, Westus, Mueller and Paul.
PRIVATE PEACEFUL
Author Michael Morpurgo
Is a story of a young boy on the frontline. He was there as he wanted to be with his older brother. He was too young to enlist.
During nightwatch in the battlefeilds he goes over his life and how each minute is bringing him closer to danger.
Main Characters; Tommo Peaceful, Grandma Wolf, Molly, Big Joe Peaceful, Sergeant Hanley
Michael Morpurgo's 100th book.
BIRDSONG
Author Sebastian Faulks
Birdsong tells of a man named Stephan Wraysford before, during and after the WW1. Written in 1993.
Main Characters; Stephan Wraysford, Jack Firebrace, Isabelle and Rene Azaire.
WAR HORSE
Author Michael Morpurgo
Set in rural England and Europe in WW1 it is about a horse called Joey and a man called Albert. Albert trains him. They are parted by the war, the horse being sold to France. The horse gets caught up in the war and and the story follows as the horse moves throughout the war. Albert is too young to join the army and goes on a dangerous mission to bring the horse home.
Main Characters; Albert
FALL OF GIANTS
Author Ken Follett
This is an epic of love, hatred, war and revolution. It follows five families through WW1, Russian Revolution and the struggle for the women vote.
Main Characters; The Fitzherbert family with the main character nicknamed Fitz.
A FAREWELL TO ARMS
Author Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms is a novel set during the Italian Campaign of World War 1.
Main Characters; Catherine Barkley, Frederic Henry and The Priest.
LINE OF FIRE DIARY OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Author Barroux Introduced by Micheal Morpurgo
This diary was a remarkable find in a rubbish heap in a street in Paris. It shows the events from a soliders eyes in World War 1.
ARCHIE'S WAR
Author Marcia Williams
What is was like to be a 10 year old child in WW1.
Done throughout the war through the eyes of a child using scrapbooking, comic, doodles, letters, thoughts and jokes.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE TRENCHES IN WW1
Author Alex Woolf
Bringing to life how it was in the trenches in WW1.
Showing hunger, coldness and the horrors of rat and mice.
With light hearted humour but showing what the soldiers went through.
THE GUNS OF AUGUST
Author Barbara W Tuchman
About the first month of WW1 August 1914.
It describes the opening events of the conflict of the first great war.
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