Calre Horrie: When the Office Went to War [2015] hardback Condition:New Wherever the beginning lies

Wherever the beginning lies

human beings have been finding ways to circle the Earth-by sail

yearning for a larger and more creative life

the refugee flight of Palestinians and the first Arab-Israeli war as well as the victories of Communist armies that led to their final triumph in China

fugitive Avraham Stern was cornered in a flat in Tel-Aviv and shot dead

Calre Horrie: When the Office Went to War [2015] hardback Condition:New Wherever the beginning liesDuring the course of the First World War, staff of the Great Western Railway's Audit Office sent letters and photographs back to their employer in Paddington, which were in turn collated into monthly "newsletters" by those who stayed at home to keep Britain moving. Today these newsletters give a unique insight into the Great War these soldiers were writing to inform and entertain their colleagues rather than to comfort a worrying parent or to confess