{"product_id":"2940169069730","title":"First World War: 1915: Voices from the BBC Archives","description":"\u003cp\u003eA unique collection of historic recordings covering the events of 1915, from the first Zeppelin raids to the ultimate failure at Gallipoli.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this selection of authentic eyewitness accounts, survivors describe the sinking of the Lusitania; the author Compton McKenzie remembers the Gallipoli disaster; and Violet Bonham Carter pays tribute to Rupert Brooke, who died en route to that campaign. In another poignant memoir, a close colleague recalls the last hours of the British nurse Edith Cavell,  executed by the Germans for treason.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen left at home talk about the hazards they faced taking over men's jobs, particularly in munitions; but it is the troops speaking informally and candidly who convey the truly harrowing nature of the war. Whether helpless during a poison gas attack, or pinned down on the Gallipoli beaches, their memories are bleak. For one soldier, ordered to take part in a firing squad, there was a further horror: the prospect of shooting a comrade for desertion.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the stalemate of the trenches continued, hopes for 1916 were focused on a radical new invention: the tank.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Random House UK audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47097711788272,"sku":"2940169069730","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169069730_p0.jpg?v=1769893854","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169069730","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}