If You're Reading This... (24 reviews)
Siân Price
Found in: Napoleonic Books
World War Two Books,
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Afghanistan Books
Hardback 288 pages
ISBN: 9781848326101
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Last Letters from the Front Line
Siân Price
Found in: Napoleonic Books
World War Two Books,
World War One Books,
All Frontline Books,
Afghanistan Books
Hardback 288 pages
ISBN: 9781848326101
Published: 12 December 2011
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Throughout history, soldiers have known that they run the daily risk of being killed in action for their country. When you are stationed on the front line, it is an ever-present danger. Hence, for more than three centuries, soldiers have been writing farewell letters to be read in the event of their death – a last link with that person, and a voice from beyond the grave. If You're Reading This brings together a collection of these letters through history.
Starting with the Napoleonic Wars and concluding with Iraq and Afghanistan, the book not only reveals farewell letters from soldiers of all ranks and nationalities, but tells a potted history of each individual soldier and his or her story. Where possible, the book will also explore the reaction and impact of those letters on the family who received them.
Historically, these letters have been an opportunity to express feelings, facts, and instructions, but overwhelmingly they're a message of love to those who are left behind.
If You're Reading This promises to be a poignant, timely and ultimately uplifting book, which gets to the human heart and real voice of warfare.
Starting with the Napoleonic Wars and concluding with Iraq and Afghanistan, the book not only reveals farewell letters from soldiers of all ranks and nationalities, but tells a potted history of each individual soldier and his or her story. Where possible, the book will also explore the reaction and impact of those letters on the family who received them.
Historically, these letters have been an opportunity to express feelings, facts, and instructions, but overwhelmingly they're a message of love to those who are left behind.
If You're Reading This promises to be a poignant, timely and ultimately uplifting book, which gets to the human heart and real voice of warfare.
This book is a collection of some of the most moving letters that personnel have penned during times of conflict - from the Napoleonic wars to Iraq and Afghanistan - and reveal the emotional impact... [read full review]
Legion
This a social commentary which fits in with the training of the modern officer. A broad description of each war into sections in offered. Hence the letters range "from hauntingly and desperately sad to the... [read full review]Mars and Clio
To Siân Price, author of If You’re Reading This, the subtle changes in men’s motivation for going to war — from “hearth, home and mother” in the 18th century to “just doing a job” in... [read full review]The Times
With tales of love and heroism from conflics such as the Napoleonic Wars and Afghanistan today, they were collected by an historian who spent three years reading 30,000 of them.The Mirror
The poignant farewells encapsulate the final words of servicement to their loved ones before they were killed in action.The Telegraph
Excellent.ARRSE
The letters are so redolent of the times in which they were written.Yorkshire Post
Some books linger in your thoughts long after you have finished reading them. This is certainly one of the most moving and emotive books I have ever read. This is a book that deserves the... [read full review]Military History Monthly
The final letter from a Second World War pilot from Chester has been published in a history book.Chester Chronicle
Farewell letters from servicemen who never made it home have been unearthed to form part of a poignant book by historian Sian Price.The never-before-published final notes of seventy soldiers span 300 years, from the... [read full review]
Western Daily Press
A new book offers a moving insight into the minds of Lancashire soldiers facing fear and hardship in war zones.Lancashire Evening Post
A tear-jerking book had just been published which includes letters to loved ones from serving members of the armed forces.Leighton Buzzard
They are among the most moving testaments of war and provide a compelling insight to a soldier's mind-set as they head into danger.Nottingham Evening Post
Heart-rendering accounts of war-torn history are revealed in letters penned by a teenage soldier to his mother just hours before he was killed.Journal Live, North East
Book of the month.Britain at War
For author Sian Price is has been an emotional journey, delving into the lives of men who wrote these very personal goodbyes.Daily Record
A new book features poignant letters written to his family just weeks before he was killed on the frontline.Shropshire Star
A very moving book..Sydney Dail Telegraph
..touching collection.Daily Mail
A poignant and sometimes heartbreaking book.The Sun
A Gwent TV producer has published a new book looking back over 300 years of soldiers' farewell letters. Where possible, Miss Price also spoke to the families of fallen soldiers about their reaction to their... [read full review]South Wales Argus
The moving final letters home of a Rainow soldier killed in combat feature in a new book.Macclesfield Express & Tameside Advertiser
The moving final letters home of two Manchester soldiers killed in combat feature in a new book which captures the true horror of war and offers a glimpse into the mindset of soldiers.Manchester Evening News
An emotional course through farewell letters from the Napoleonic Wars to Afghanistan.Western Mail
Family Letters & Diaries: 1900 to the Falklands & Afghanistan
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About Siân Price
Siân Price is an award-winning television and radio producer whose credits include Time Team and Coal House. She has a BA in History from Warwick University and an MA in Film Archiving from the University of East Anglia. This is her first book. The Radio 4 documentary from which the book has grown won a New York World Radio Award for History.
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