Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belport by Edith Wharton this is a collection of magazine articles the author wrote during the first world war. It covers several trips she took to the French sector of the front lines. There is little here to interest a military historian though perhaps a social historian may find more here. The writing is occasionally beautiful. I'm going to track down some of her novels. This edition has a modern forward as well as a short biography. There are endnotes but it is unclear if they are new or originated in the text. This isn't the amount of apparatus that say Penguin would give but it's better than most of the publishers of public domain texts.
Recommended for the literary craft displayed.
Note:This book was provided through Librarything's early reviewer Program.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
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