Review ‘A revelatory cache of photographs of amazing quality. Their common, vulnerable humanity has never been more visible or more haunting’ William Boyd, Books of the Year, Guardian‘One of the most haunting laments for the slaughter of the First World War that I have ever seen. In their sheer variety and humanity the doomed men’s faces are more powerful than hundreds of pages of overwrought prose’ Dominic Sandbrook, Books of the Year, Sunday Times‘Extraordinary … whatever ideas you have about the Great War, ‘The Lost Tommies’ will change them’ John Carey, Sunday Times‘A luxuriously produced hardback book containing 500 black-and-white photographs taken by the Thulliers, accompanied by Coulthart’s fascinating insights into the men pictured’ Daily Express‘These photographs rank up there with one of the most important discoveries from the First World War’ Ashley Ekins, head of Military History, Australian War Memorial About the Author Ross Coulthart, is an investigative journalist for Australian news and current affairs program 60 Minutes on Channel Nine. He is also a best-selling author of three books, including ‘Lost Diggers’. He lives in Australia.
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