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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Dedication
Introduction: 1914
The Shadow of War
Part One: June: CHAMPAGNE AND PLOVERS’ EGGS
Monday 1 June
Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, Radnorshire
Tuesday 2 June
Royal Fusiliers’ Albany Barracks, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight
Wednesday 3 June
Dieppe Harbour, Normandy, France
Friday 5 June
Blair Atholl Castle, Perthshire
Saturday 6 June
Duke’s Arms, Presteigne, Radnorshire
Keighley Green Working Men’s Club, Burnley, Lancashire
Monday 8 June
Glen Tilt Experimental Aerodrome, Blair Atholl, Perthshire
Monday 29 June
Mechanics’ Institute, Burnley, Lancashire
Part Two: July: DEATH IN A DISTANT LAND
Saturday 11 July
Pear Tree Cottage, Overstrand, Cromer, Norfolk
Sunday 12 July
Kettledrum Inn, Mereclough, Burnley, Lancashire
Wednesday 22 July
Wellington Barracks, Tower of London, City of London
Friday 24 July
Pear Tree Cottage, Overstrand, Cromer, Norfolk
Saturday 25 July
84 Eaton Place, London
Sunday 26 July
Willey Lodge, Presteigne, Radnorshire
Friday 31 July
Admiralty House, Whitehall, London
Part Three: August: INTO THE BOILING CAULDRON
Sunday 2 August
Wellington Barracks, Tower of London, City of London
Thursday 6 August
Blair Atholl Castle, Perthshire
Friday 7 August
Pentry Farm, Presteigne, Radnorshire
Saturday 8 August
Keighley Green Working Men’s Club, Burnley, Lancashire
Monday 10 August
Cabinet Room, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, London
Rouen, Normandy, France
Rules Restaurant, Covent Garden, London
Royal Fusiliers’ Albany Barracks, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight
Monday 24 August
Admiralty House, Whitehall, London
Bougnie, West Flanders, Belgium
Inchy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Bavay, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Tuesday 25 August
Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Part Four: September: YOUR KING AND COUNTRY NEED YOU
Tuesday 1 September
War Office, Whitehall, London
Saturday 5 September
Wellington Hotel, Brunshaw Road, Burnley, Lancashire
Admiralty House, Whitehall, London
Rue du Marteroy, Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne, France
Tuesday 8 September
Saint-Ouen-sur-Morin, Seine-et-Marne, France
Thursday 10 September
54 Hart Street, Burnley, Lancashire
Saturday 12 September
Vailly-sur-Aisne, Picardy, France
Monday 14 September
Troyon Sugar Factory, Vendresse, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Tuesday 22 September
Duke’s Arms, Presteigne, Radnorshire
New Street Station, Birmingham
Thursday 24 September
54 Hart Street, Burnley, Lancashire
Docklands, Tiger Bay, Cardiff
Friday 25 September
Boughton House, Kettering, Northamptonshire
Monday 28 September
Hereford General Hospital, Herefordshire
Part Five: October: RACE TO THE SEA
Friday 2 October
Keighley Green Working Men’s Club, Burnley, Lancashire
Victoria Station, London
Monday 12 October
Town Hall, Great Harwood, Lancashire
Saturday 17 October
Herlies, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Sunday 18 October
Royal Welch Fusiliers’ Regimental HQ, Hightown Barracks, Wrexham, Clwyd
Sunday 25 October
Neuve-Chapelle, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Wednesday 28 October
White Drawing Room, Royal Apartments, Windsor Castle, Berkshire
Thursday 29 October
Reform Club, Pall Mall, London
Friday 30 October
Poperinghe, West Flanders, Belgium
Part Six: November: GRAVEYARD OF THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES
Wednesday 4 November
Merris, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Sunday 8 November
Zwarteleen, West Flanders, Belgium
Monday 9 November
British Army Field Hospital, Provoost Lace Mill, Poperinghe, West Flanders, Belgium
Wednesday 11 November
Hooge, West Flanders, Belgium
Sunday 29 November
Belcaire, Lympne, Kent
Part Seven: December: CHRISTMAS TRUCE
Tuesday 8 December
HMS Inflexible, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic
Wednesday 23 December
Keighley Green Working Men’s Club, Burnley, Lancashire
Friday 25 December
Blair Atholl Castle, Perthshire
British Army Field Hospital, Provoost Lace Mill, Poperinghe, West Flanders, Belgium
10 Downing Street, Whitehall, London
Kemmel, West Flanders, Belgium
Epilogue
Maps
Author’s Note
Glossary
Dramatis Personae
Casualty Figures of the Great War
Genealogies
Acknowledgements
Follow Penguin
Copyright Page
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