- Anonymous said...
I have only just found out about this blog through an article in the Dutch newspaper 'De Volkskrant'. I think this is a very original and creative way of reviving the past. I browsed it fairly quickly but already it seems most fascinating and moving. I'm looking forward to having a lot of enjoyable reading. My interest in WW1 goes back a number of years when I started digging in my family's past. My grandmother's elder brother was killed at the front in Flanders, not more than 30miles from home. One thing led to another and this 'War that was supposed to end all wars' has held my attention ever since. I try to read a lot about it - I'm especially interested in diaries and literature (poetry) of the period - and welcome any suggestions for further reading.
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I too have only just found your blog and I am realy glad that I have. When my little girls come home from school we are going to read through the posts together. I also read the Birdsong, it's one of my top books of all time.
garbo said...I just heard about this blog from the BBC on NPR in the U.S., and I cannot wait to get into it and follow it. I was a child during the Second World War, but I have always been more interested in the First World War. Another book I would like to recommend is non-fiction: "The Great War and Modern Memory" by Paul Fussell, which, I think, helps to explain why that war holds such an important place in many people's imaginations and understanding of war and history.
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