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Saul David discusses 100 Days to Victory

1,770 views · Published 20 September 2013 · 14:07 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: Waterstones · 2013 · Entertainment

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We spoke to Saul David about his ambitious new history of the First World War, 100 Days to Victory...

Saul David is not only a respected war historian but also an accomplished novelist. His new book 100 Days to Victory: How the Great War Was Fought and Won uses this dual talent to great advantage by creating a thrilling history of World War I which provides a refined and nuanced narrative packed with empathetic real life characters. There have been - and will be over the coming year - many books written about the Great War, but by choosing to focus on a series of one hundred key events, both on the home front and at the heart of the fighting, 100 Days to Victory is something quite unique.

He told us how uncovering the story of his own great uncle's death made for a particularly poignant writing experience, and how he hopes his book - and the coming centenary of WWI - might serve to show there was far more to this complex global conflict than mass slaughter in the trenches...




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