It's been awhile but I got three more books to share today:
I recently purchased a book about Canada in WW1 that was published in collaboration with the Vimy Foundation. It's called They Fought in Colour: A New Look at Canada's First World War Effort. All of the photographs in the book have been colourized by colourist Mark Truelove and they look stunning. It really brings The Great War to life.
Also, I finally managed to get a copy of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and it is now my all time favourite novel. It's a beautifully written book about a young man named Paul Baumer who is a soldier in the German Army and his struggle to survive in the trenches. It's tragic, it's moving, and Remarque has a great gift in absorbing his readers in his story.
And finally, Generals Die in Bed by Charles Yale Harrison is a gruesome and frank novel about a young, unnamed Canadian soldier's experiences in the trenches. The protagonist has no name and little to no information is revealed about him which I find is an interesting approach to telling a war story. The book was quite controversial when it was first published but it's now considered one of the classics of WW1.
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