The Wipers Times

The Famous First World War Trench Newspaper

The Wipers Times cover

The Wipers Times

The Famous First World War Trench Newspaper

Description

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.

Product details

Published Mar 12 2019
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 336
ISBN 9781472834225
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Dimensions 216 x 153 mm
Series General Military
Short code GNM
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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