Sassoon and the Somme

If you've been to my pages before you might have had a gander at my wee blog, The Somme. This was a quick trip undertaken last September. 'The Memoirs of an Infantry Officer' is the second book of a trilogy by Siegfried Sassoon, and is set during the horrors of the Somme during WW1. While featuring a fictional character, the account is as real as you'll ever read of WW1 as Sassoon is simply disguising his own experiences in the fictional 'Royal Flintshire Fusiliers'. Excusing the fact that he is an officer and has a few bad habits, it is a book that might inspire you to get out your map and visit the region - Amiens, Albert, the Ancre, Thiepval, Mametz Wood and so on.