The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme: An Illustrated Panorama

by Joe Sacco

AN ILLUSTRATED PANORAMA WITH AN ESSAY BY ADAM HOCHSCHILD

The first day of the Battle of the Somme has come to epitomise the Great War. This monumental panorama captures the unimaginable horrors of that fateful day.

On 1st July 1916, almost 20,000 British soldiers were killed and another 40,000 were wounded during the first day of The Somme. In The Great War, acclaimed cartoonist Joe Sacco depicts the events...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0224097717
• ISBN13: 9780224097710
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Length: 56 Pages