• The art of the war memoir

  • Jan 3 2025
  • Length: 41 mins
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The art of the war memoir

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  • On another special episode of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and guests look at the war memoir. How have war memoirs shaped our understanding of wars? Has the art and the role of the memoir changed over time? And will the ones written today similarly influence how future generations will remember the wars of our time?


    Contributors

    Francis Dearnley (The Telegraph’s Assistant Comment Editor)

    Dr. Matilda Greig (Historian at the National Army Museum in London, specialising in the Napoleonic period)

    Colin Freeman (Journalist and author)


    'Dead Men Telling Tales, Napoleonic War Veterans and the Military Memoir Industry, 1808-1914' by Matilda Greig, is available here:

    https://global.oup.com/academic/product/dead-men-telling-tales-9780192896025?cc=es&lang=en


    'Curse of the Al Dulaimi Hotel : And Other Half-Truths from Baghdad', by Colin Freeman, is available here:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Curse-Al-Dulaimi-Hotel-Half-Truths/dp/1906308020


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