Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to the Somme - Softcover

Tonie Holt; Valmai Holt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850524148 ISBN 13: 9780850524147

Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to the Somme is, without doubt, one of the bestselling guide books to the battlefields of the Somme. This latest up-dated edition, includes four recommended, timed itineraries representing one day's travelling. Every stop on route has an accompanying description and often a tale of heroic or tragic action. Memorials, private and official, sites of memorable conflict, the resting places of personalities of note are all drawn together with sympathetic and understanding commentary that gives the reader a sensitivity towards the events of 1916.NEW, FULLY UPDATED EDITION WITH A FOREWORD FROM SIR MARTIN GILBERTPACKAGED WITH A FREE, FULL COLOUR FOLD-OUT MAP WORTH GBP3.00

About this title

Review:

An indispensable and companionable guide to the battlefields.- Best of British --Best of British

From the Author:

We have been visiting the Somme for over 25 years.
The Somme is to the British what Gettysburg or Yorktown are to the Americans. We know them all well and have conducted hundreds of tourists around each of them. If you are visiting the Somme in mind or body this book gives you the answers to the questions that we have been asked by hundreds of people. It has over 130 colour photos and comes complete with a separate four colour map showing battle lines, bunkers, cemeteries, memorials and grid references linked to the book entries. You learn how to get to places, how long it will take and how long to stay as well as what happened. There are suggested itineraries and tourist information.We use the book ourselves!

About this edition

• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0850524148
• ISBN 13: 9780850524147
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 288