Description
| Product ID: | 9780573113512 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Wipers Times |
| Authors: | Author: Ian Hislop, Nick Newman |
| Page Count: | 120 |
| Subjects: | Plays, playscripts, Plays, playscripts, First World War, News media and journalism, First World War, Press & journalism |
| Description: | The true and extraordinary story of the satirical newspaper created in the mud and mayhem of the Somme, interspersed with comic sketches and spoofs from the vivid imagination of those on the front line. The true and extraordinary story of the satirical newspaper created in the mud and mayhem of the Somme, interspersed with comic sketches and spoofs from the vivid imagination of those on the front line. In a bombed out building during the First World War in the French town of Ypres (mispronounced Wipers by British soldiers), two officers discover a printing press and create a newspaper for the troops. Far from being a sombre journal about life in the trenches, they produced a resolutely cheerful, subversive and very funny newspaper designed to lift the spirits of the men on the front line. |
| Imprint Name: | Samuel French Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Samuel French Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-09-16 |