{"title":"Louis Barthas","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the collection dedicated to Louis Barthas, an extraordinary voice from the First World War, whose works offer a profound and personal insight into the life of a French soldier during this tumultuous time. Barthas, originally a barrel maker from the French region of Languedoc, was conscripted into the French army, where he served from 1914 to 1918. His experience is meticulously documented in his renowned work, \u003cem\u003ePoilu\u003c\/em\u003e, which is a candid diary of his time at the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBarthas's accounts stand out for their honesty and humanity, providing a crucial historical perspective on the everyday struggles and resilience of soldiers, often referred to as \"Poilus.\" His writings capture the grim realities and emotional depths of trench warfare, bringing to life the voices of ordinary men caught in extraordinary circumstances. Through his detailed narratives, readers gain a deeper understanding of the camaraderie, courage, and endurance that typified the lives of those who served during the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection is a must-read for anyone interested in history and military narratives, offering an unfiltered look into the past through Barthas's authentic and compelling storytelling. Dive into these pages and experience the poignant and powerful chronicle of a soldier's life that continues to resonate with readers around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"poilu-by-louis-barthas-9780300212488","title":"Poilu","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe harrowing first-person account of a French foot soldier who survived four years in the trenches of the First World War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with millions of other Frenchmen, Louis Barthas, a thirty-five-year-old barrelmaker from a small wine-growing town, was conscripted to fight the Germans in the opening days of World War I. Corporal Barthas spent the next four years in near-ceaseless combat, wherever the French army fought its fiercest battles: Artois, Flanders, Champagne, Verdun, the Somme, the Argonne. Barthas’ riveting wartime narrative, first published in France in 1978, presents the vivid, immediate experiences of a frontline soldier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis excellent new translation brings Barthas’ wartime writings to English-language readers for the first time. His notebooks and letters represent the quintessential memoir of a “poilu,” or “hairy one,” as the untidy, unshaven French infantryman of the fighting trenches was familiarly known. Upon Barthas’ return home in 1919, he painstakingly transcribed his day-to-day writings into nineteen notebooks, preserving not only his own story but also the larger story of the unnumbered soldiers who never returned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecounting bloody battles and endless exhaustion, the deaths of comrades, and the infuriating incompetence and tyranny of his own officers, Barthas also describes spontaneous acts of camaraderie between French poilus and their German foes in trenches just a few paces apart. An eloquent witness and keen observer, Barthas takes his readers directly into the heart of the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000707465452,"sku":"9780300212488","price":35.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24122623482294.jpg?v=1763299274"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/louis-barthas.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}