On the last day of the 2013 Surrey Heath Book Festival I attended the presentation by Murray Rowlands and friends, on his new book ‘Innocents into War’
A short talk by Sean McKnight – Director of Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, preceded moving readings from the book by Ian Cullen. Sean spoke about the WW1 and how Murray’s book is an important addition to the lack of written material recounting actual experiences of the war. The presentation was accompanied by video clips of the war and from noted military historian Chris Pugsley.
In my conversation with Murray, he describes the motivation behind his re-telling of the personal stories and experiences in the First World War of his New Zealand relatives.
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