Six Weeks

Superb ... the most moving single book on the Great War that I have ever read -- Nigel Jones * Literary Review *
Best research resource ever. Beautiful book -- Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey)
Compelling -- Julian Fellowes
This well researched book tells the harrowing story of the men - or adolescents, many of them -who unhesitatingly answered the call by War Minister Lord Kitchener for volunteers, and continued to answer it even after it became clear that the life expectancy of a subaltern in the trenches averaged only six weeks... Lewis-Stempel is excellent on life in the trenches... for all the horror and pity of their struggle, their legacy is our freedom. -- Andrew Roberts * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
It is only rarely that a book deserves to be recommended unreservedly but John Lewis-Stempel's Six Weeks falls firmly into that category...This is a book that should be read by every young man who aspires to serve as an officer in the Army; it will educate him about how to behave in command of soldiers and about how to face the perils of war. * GUARDS MAGAZINE *
woven with great narrative skill...presents an incomparable portrait of a generation * MILITARY TIMES *
A superb study... Lewis-Stempel's marvelously evocative book is full of throat-catching moments... The result is the most moving single book on the Great War that I have ever read - and I have read many... his book pays the subalterns the respect they deserve by entering into their distant mindsets. -- Nigel Jones * LITERARY REVIEW *
Diaries and letters convey the inspiring spirit of these young men. * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
A hugely moving account * OXFORD TIMES *
A poignant and detailed study on what life was like at the front. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
One of the most important new studies of the Great War * CONTEMPORARY REVIEW *
Every school pupil should read "Six Weeks" by @JLewisStempel before going on a First World War battlefield tour * Colonel Richard Kemp, former Commander British Forces in Afghanistan and author of 'Attack State Red' *