TY - BOOK AU - Gilbert,Martin TI - Somme: the heroism and horror of war SN - 9780719568909 U1 - 940.4272 PY - 2007/// CY - London PB - John Murray KW - Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 N1 - Originally published: 2006 by John Murray (Publishers) N2 - Fought between July and November of 1916, the Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest conflicts of all time. In this book, Martin Gilbert graphically recreates the tragedy, interweaving individual stories, wartime documents, letters and poetry in a moving and succinct narrative ER -