TY  - BOOK
AU  - Palin,Michael
TI  - Great-uncle Harry
SN  - 9781399169035 (pbk.) :
AV  - DA568.P3 P3 2024
U1  - 941.082 PAL 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - ISIS
KW  - Palin, Harry,
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Western Front
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Gallipoli Peninsula
KW  - Biography & non-fiction prose
KW  - thema
KW  - Biography: general
KW  - Large type books
KW  - Biography
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Edward VII, 1901-1910
KW  - George V, 1910-1936
N1  - Standard print edition originally published: London: Hutchinson Heinemann, 2023; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In the 1970s, Michael Palin came across an old family photograph of a young man in military uniform. Learning that this was his grandfather's brother Harry, killed in the First World War, his curiosity was piqued. But his career was hitting new heights, and his relative slipped to the back of his mind. Many years later, working on a documentary, he came across Harry's name on a Somme memorial, and was determined to investigate further. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could, tracked down what remained of his great-uncle's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes. He walked the route Harry took on that fatal, final day of his life, amid the mud of northern France. And as he did so, a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him
ER  -