The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts Fiction about the War The B.E.F. and Dominion Armies
RCC8248
Frontline
by Hilary Jones
ISBN
9781787397521
Purchase Price
£10.99 (new)
Date Purchased
May 23, 2025
Publisher
Welbeck Publishing Group Ltd. (2021, London)
Notes
This looks like a "celebrity" book on the face of it. However, that is not necessarily the case here - Jones has apparently had an interest in military history, and especially the Great War, for some considerable time. So we need to look behind the facade of the so-called "celebrity" novel here. This book is not in that category. Jones has two main protagonists - the male one being an under age, very intelligent lad from a poor family; the other one being a "tomboy" daughter of a reasonably wealthy family. The book traces their war, initially apart but (inevitably in a novel!) later together. It takes us through descriptions of actions on the Western Front, nursing services ditto, and - interestingly - the Spanish Flu Pandemic. We regard this book firstly as a good read, and then as a well written story about the war. We believe it can stand on its own amongst the many fiction books about the war.
9781787397521
Purchase Price
£10.99 (new)
Date Purchased
May 23, 2025
Publisher
Welbeck Publishing Group Ltd. (2021, London)
Notes
This looks like a "celebrity" book on the face of it. However, that is not necessarily the case here - Jones has apparently had an interest in military history, and especially the Great War, for some considerable time. So we need to look behind the facade of the so-called "celebrity" novel here. This book is not in that category. Jones has two main protagonists - the male one being an under age, very intelligent lad from a poor family; the other one being a "tomboy" daughter of a reasonably wealthy family. The book traces their war, initially apart but (inevitably in a novel!) later together. It takes us through descriptions of actions on the Western Front, nursing services ditto, and - interestingly - the Spanish Flu Pandemic. We regard this book firstly as a good read, and then as a well written story about the war. We believe it can stand on its own amongst the many fiction books about the war.
