Book description
'History at its most celebratory' Daily Telegraph
'Adie uses her journalistic eye for personal stories and natural compassion to create a book definitely worthy of her heroines' Big Issue
'Fascinating, very readable . . . provides a complete wartime women's history' Discover Your History
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1 author picked Fighting on the Home Front as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
It is very important to me to write about the home front in World War One with as much accuracy as is possible at over one hundred years’ distance. Kate Adie’s brilliant, readable, and engaging book is full of the kind of details a novelist thrives on.
Written with her authority and expert eye, I couldn’t put it down. It provided me with ideas and inspiration, along with Kate’s unique perspective and knowledge.
As I read, I felt I was in the hands of a reliable author whose take on the social and political context as it affected women during…
From Tesni's list on The best books on the home front, the war front, and life as a POW during World War One.
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