Description
| Product ID: | 9781472834225 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Wipers Times |
| Subtitle: | The Famous First World War Trench Newspaper |
| Authors: | Author: Christopher Westhorp |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, News media and journalism, Parodies and spoofs: non-fiction, Press & journalism, Parodies & spoofs, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Belgium, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The bestselling facsimile reproduction of the famed trench newspaper of the First World War - a unique portrait of life on the wartime frontline. Decades ahead of the amusing but distorting buffoonery of Blackadder Goes Forth, this complete edition of the Wipers Times, the famed trench newspaper of the First World War, is an extraordinary mix of black humour, fake entertainment programmes and pastiche articles, and constitutes a unique record of life on the wartime frontline. From its long-running cartoon pun (Are We Being Offensive Enough?) to its brilliantly subversive column Things We Want to Know (the name of the officer who originated the idea), its hilarious spoof ads to its pastiche fake contributors (Belary Helloc), this complete facsimile edition of the Wipers Times, produced to accompany the BBC dramatization, is a historical masterpiece that enables us to sample the real spirit of the trenches . . . from the safety of our armchairs. The bestselling facsimile reproduction of the famed trench newspaper of the First World War - a unique portrait of life on the wartime frontline. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-01-11 |
