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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Frederic ManningPublisher: Profile Books Ltd Imprint: Serpent's Tail Edition: Main - Classic edition Dimensions: Width: 12.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.190kg ISBN: 9781846687877ISBN 10: 184668787 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 05 September 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews'[I read Her Privates We] every year to remember how things really were so that I will never lie to myself or anyone else about them' (Ernest Hemingway) 'The book of books as far as the British army is concerned' (TE Lawrence) [I read Her Privates We] every year to remember how things really were so that I will never lie to myself or anyone else about them -- Ernest Hemingway One of the very best writers we have -- T. S. Eliot The book of books as far as the British army is concerned -- TE Lawrence The best of our war novels -- E. M. Forster Manning's masterpiece ... incredibly moving and revelatory -- Gabriel Byrne * Irish Times * Author InformationFrederic Manning was born in Sydney, Australia in 1882. He moved to England in 1903 where he pursued a literary career, reviewing and writing poetry. He enlisted in 1915 in the Shropshire Light Infantry and went to France in 1916 as 'Private 19022.' The Shropshires saw heavy fighting on the Somme and Manning's four months there provided the background to Her Privates We. He died in 1935. Serpent's Tail originally published Her Privates We in 1999. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |