Old Front Line
WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
How I Wrote my WW1 Battlefield Walking Books
This weekend marks History Writers Day, a new venture from Simon at History Book Chat on Twitter. As part of my contribution to the event, in this episode I talk about how I came to write my trilogy of WW1 Battlefield Walking Guides covering the Somme, Ypres and Arras.
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Thanks, Niall!
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Once again Paul the OFL podcast moves into completely different subject matter and that IMHO is the real strength of the podcast, it’s always fresh and we never know where it’s going next. This episode dovetailed nicely for me as yesterday I wrote the last word of my first (and after 5 years in the making possibly last) great war book!
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Thanks, Iain. And good luck with your book!
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In your new book do you cover the Boars Head are? Being a grandson of a 39 Div stretcher bearer I am very interested in that action.
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Yes, that area will be covered in the book!
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I’m planning a week in Albert in February, courtesy of Eurostar (strikes permitting) and I will be taking your book with me. Thanks for another excellent podcast.
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Thanks, Stephen – hope it’s a good trip!
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Your books are now an essential tool when I visit the western front. The information helps the battlefield come alive and gives meaning to the endless sea of names and graves in the cemeteries. In the messines sector there is a grave commemorating 20 plus (?) Comrades and your book explained why. Thank you. Looking forward to the forgotten front book as all my relatives served there. 1/5 leics at Loos, 16th Notts Derby ( chatsworth rifles) at Festubert and Givenchy and 1/5th Durhams around Bailleul.
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