First World War gifts

One of 15 limited edition Vintage Future Classics published to celebrate Vintage's 15th birthday. The 15 titles were voted for by reading groups all over the UK as being books that would still be read in 100 years' time. All Quiet on the Western Front is probably the most famous anti-war novel ever written. The story is told by a...

A young sailor with the weight of the world on his shoulders, a brother in the line of fire, and the greatest naval battle of all time... Jutland, 1916: In the icy waters of the North Sea, the Royal Navy awaits the challenge of the Kaiser's High Sea Fleet. Sub-lieutenant Nick Everard could never have imagined the terror he would...

Nicholas Everard is ready to run the gauntlet in his most dangerous mission yet... The menacing bulk of the German battlecruiser Goeben lurks in the Golden Horn of Constantinople. It is vital that she is destroyed, and the plan is to send an E-class submarine in through the Dardanelles to sink her unawares. But it has been two years since...

The "War to End All Wars" - Episode by Episode Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies and turning points of the First World War - the epic conflict that was supposed to be "the war to end all wars". Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold explanatory graphics, The World War I Book explores the historical background to the war, its...

Churchill called it the finest feat of arms of the Great War... After a punishing winter patrolling the Strait of Dover aboard HMS Mackerel, Nicholas Everard finds himself leading a secret mission to capture a German trawler. Little does he know it is all in preparation for the Zeebrugge Raid. As dawn breaks on St George’s Day, 1918, the Royal...

This major publication about Māori participation in the First World War is written by New Zealand's leading Māori military historian, Dr Monty Soutar, author of the award-winning Nga Tama Toa C Company, Māori Battalion. Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E! offers a fascinating look at the Pioneer Battalion—the unit created for Māori to serve. The book sheds light on the reasons why...

An historical saga of undying love and family, the tragedy of war and the power of hope. From a small Australian country town to the tragic backdrop of World War 1, this is a story of a love that surmounts all odds… Ballarat, 1905 The gossips call 19-year-old Edie Cottingham the 'Too Girl' – too stubborn, too outspoken, and too...

Krithia by Mat McLachlan is a deeply engaging and moving exploration of one of the lesser-known yet profoundly significant battles of World War I. This poignant tale, brought to light by the bestselling military historian and author of The Cowra Breakout, takes readers to the southern tip of the Gallipoli peninsula in May 1915. As World War I raged on,...

Selected as a Book of the Year by the Spectator and the Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating ... carefully researched and beautifully written' DAVID DIMBLEBY 'Utterly riveting' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Robert Sackville-West writes tenderly about death and remembrance' GERARD DEGROOT, THE TIMES By the end of the First World War, over half a million British soldiers were listed as missing, presumed dead, their...