The Resource The First of July, Elizabeth Speller
The First of July, Elizabeth Speller
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- Summary
- Follows the lives of four very different men, Frank, Benedict, Jean-Batiste, and Harry, as their fates converge on the most terrible and destructive day of World War I, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. On July 1st, 1913, four very different men are leading four very different lives. Exactly three years later, it is just after seven in the morning, and there are a few seconds of peace as the guns on the Somme fall silent and larks soar across the battlefield, singing as they fly over the trenches. What follows is a day of catastrophe in which Allied casualties number almost one hundred thousand. A horror that would have been unimaginable in pre-war Europe and England becomes a day of reckoning, where their lives will change forever, for Frank, Benedict, Jean-Batiste, and Harry. Here the author captures the dangerously romantic atmosphere of war-torn Europe. -- From book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 399 pages
- Isbn
- 9781605984971
- Label
- The First of July
- Title
- The First of July
- Statement of responsibility
- Elizabeth Speller
- Subject
-
- Fiction
- France
- trueFrance -- History -- 1914-1940
- France -- Somme
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueLondon, England -- History -- 20th century
- Military history
- Somme (France) -- History, Military -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Somme, 1st Battle of the (France : 1916)
- Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 -- Fiction
- trueTrench warfare
- War stories
- World War (1914-1918)
- trueWorld War I
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
- trueYoung men
- trueSoldiers
- 1900-1999
- trueBattles
- Englisch, ..
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Follows the lives of four very different men, Frank, Benedict, Jean-Batiste, and Harry, as their fates converge on the most terrible and destructive day of World War I, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. On July 1st, 1913, four very different men are leading four very different lives. Exactly three years later, it is just after seven in the morning, and there are a few seconds of peace as the guns on the Somme fall silent and larks soar across the battlefield, singing as they fly over the trenches. What follows is a day of catastrophe in which Allied casualties number almost one hundred thousand. A horror that would have been unimaginable in pre-war Europe and England becomes a day of reckoning, where their lives will change forever, for Frank, Benedict, Jean-Batiste, and Harry. Here the author captures the dangerously romantic atmosphere of war-torn Europe. -- From book jacket
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2013.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10223700
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Speller, Elizabeth
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Somme, 1st Battle of the (France : 1916)
- World War (1914-1918)
- Englisch, ..
- Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916
- World War, 1914-1918
- Somme (France)
- France
- France
- Label
- The First of July, Elizabeth Speller
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn829988964
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 399 pages
- Isbn
- 9781605984971
- Lccn
- 2013498456
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)829988964
- Label
- The First of July, Elizabeth Speller
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn829988964
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 399 pages
- Isbn
- 9781605984971
- Lccn
- 2013498456
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)829988964
Subject
- Fiction
- France
- trueFrance -- History -- 1914-1940
- France -- Somme
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueLondon, England -- History -- 20th century
- Military history
- Somme (France) -- History, Military -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Somme, 1st Battle of the (France : 1916)
- Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 -- Fiction
- trueTrench warfare
- War stories
- World War (1914-1918)
- trueWorld War I
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
- trueYoung men
- trueSoldiers
- 1900-1999
- trueBattles
- Englisch, ..
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