From the City, From the Plough War T..., Alexander Baron
From the City, From the Plough War T..., Alexander Baron
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From the City, From the Plough (War Trilogy, Book 1)
Imperial War Museum Wartime Classics

Author: Alexander Baron

Narrator: Matt Addis

Unabridged: 7 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 10/24/2019

Synopsis

Spring 1944, the south coast of England. The Fifth Battalion, Wessex Regiment, wait patiently and nervously for the order to embark. There is boredom and fear, comedy and pathos as the men all drawn from different walks of life await the order to move.

With an economy of language that belies its emotional impact, From the City, From the Plough is a vivid and moving account of the fate of these men as they embark for the beaches of Normandy and advance into France, where the battalion suffers devastating casualties.

Based on Alexander Baron's own wartime experience, From the City, From the Plough was originally published to wide acclaim and reportedly sold over one million copies. This new edition of the 1948 classic includes a contextual introduction from IWM which sheds new light on the dramatic true events that so inspired its author.

(P)2019 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Alexander Baron

Alexander Baron (1917 1999) was a British author and screenwriter. Widely acclaimed in his lifetime, Baron rose to prominence with this, his first novel, based on his own experiences of D-Day and the advance into Normandy with the Pioneer Corps. From the City, From the Plough quickly became a bestseller and cemented Baron s reputation as a skilled, powerful writer. Baron went on to write many more novels as well as numerous film and television screenplays.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gumble's Yard - Golden Reviewer on February 24, 2019

A Second World War and English equivalent to “All Quiet on the Western Front” - widely heralded on its publication in 1948 as an authentic take in the war and welcome anecdote to the Commando/special forces and prison-camp escape novels already dominating the war publishing industry (astonishing tha......more

Goodreads review by Razvan on January 01, 2025

A hard and rough book, about war, loyalty and friendship. Some parts look like a true documentary, mere facts and numbers, with more questions than answers. Interesting, many English people have died for the sake of Europe (not to mention democracy), and their descendants show us the Brexit.........more

Goodreads review by Huw on July 15, 2015

If you've read "From Here to Eternity" (1951) - or seen the later film version - seen "The Longest Day" (1962), "Band of Brothers" (2001) or "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) - or read the other books by Stephen Ambrose, Cornelius Ryan and a host of others, then some of the content of this book will at l......more

Goodreads review by Wai on November 16, 2020

This is a story of ordinary men in a humble British battalion, 5th battalion Wessex Regiment, during WWII. Some are wily resourceful city boys, some are robust, dependable country men, some are hardened veterans brought in to stiffen the green battalion. The book flow sedately in the beginning, bring......more

Goodreads review by Lewis on January 22, 2022

A truly wonderful and brilliant book. Loosely based on the author's own experiences in the second world war it tells the story of a regular British infantry battalion full of ordinary men, no better or worse than any man you'd meet on the street, who are asked to endure the almost unendurable. I'd g......more

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