Letters From The Western Front, WWI
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; small sticker on fep.
A soldier's voice, preserved across a century — Letters from the Western Front, WWI presents the personal correspondence of Alfred Robert Leake, No. 1841 of the 13th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.), written between 1916 and 1919. This remarkable primary source document chronicles the lived experience of an Australian cavalryman serving on the Western Front, offering an unfiltered, intimate window into the hardships, camaraderie, and quiet courage of men caught in the machinery of the First World War. Through Leake's own words, the reader is transported to the mud and uncertainty of one of history's most brutal conflicts, seen not through the lens of generals and grand strategy, but through the eyes of one ordinary soldier. The collection stands as a vital piece of Australian military history, illustrating the often-overlooked contribution of the A.I.F.'s light horse units to the broader Allied war effort. Leake's letters carry the unmistakable tone of a man writing honestly to loved ones at home — candid, human, and deeply affecting — making this compilation as much a social document as a military one. For historians, genealogists, and anyone drawn to the personal dimension of war, these pages preserve a voice that might otherwise have been silenced by time, leaving the reader to wonder: what stories do the letters we never saved tell?
Author: Alfred Robert Leake
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; small sticker on fep.
A soldier's voice, preserved across a century — Letters from the Western Front, WWI presents the personal correspondence of Alfred Robert Leake, No. 1841 of the 13th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.), written between 1916 and 1919. This remarkable primary source document chronicles the lived experience of an Australian cavalryman serving on the Western Front, offering an unfiltered, intimate window into the hardships, camaraderie, and quiet courage of men caught in the machinery of the First World War. Through Leake's own words, the reader is transported to the mud and uncertainty of one of history's most brutal conflicts, seen not through the lens of generals and grand strategy, but through the eyes of one ordinary soldier. The collection stands as a vital piece of Australian military history, illustrating the often-overlooked contribution of the A.I.F.'s light horse units to the broader Allied war effort. Leake's letters carry the unmistakable tone of a man writing honestly to loved ones at home — candid, human, and deeply affecting — making this compilation as much a social document as a military one. For historians, genealogists, and anyone drawn to the personal dimension of war, these pages preserve a voice that might otherwise have been silenced by time, leaving the reader to wonder: what stories do the letters we never saved tell?