Jonathan King — The Western Front Diaries
Simon & Schuster 2010 Paperback, 620pp. Using hundreds of brutally honest and extraordinary eyewitness accounts of the diggers in the muddy and bloody trenches, Western Front Diaries reproduces their private diaries, letters and postcards to tell of their heart-rending experiences, battle by bloody battle. With its gallery of unpublished photographs, Western Front Diaries tells without embellishment the stories of the Australian soldiers and finally puts the Western Front on the map. Heavy. Cover creased, some foxing. (ISBN: 9780731814398). Good.