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A**R
Easy but historical and gripping reading, written as if the present
A very readable diary/war reportage by the correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, Edward Dicey on the Schleswig-Holstein War of 1864, quoted as source material in the recent history of the same war by Tom Buk-Swienty (1864) which was the subject of the Danish TV Broadcaster's (DR) 2014 popular historical drama (1864).An excellent first person account of a war forgotten outside the countries of the combatants, other than perhaps to known to secondary school students in the UK studying now or in the more distant past the Unification of Germany as the 'Palmerston and the Schleswig-Holstein Question'
J**R
A First-Person Narrative vice an Objective History
I will state up front that I do not generally like memoirs or narratives of military history and that is the primary reason for the above rating.I bought this book because I either missed that it was a narrative or that fact was not included in the product description. I thought I was getting an all encompassing, recent military history of the 1864 Danish War. Accordingly, I was disappointed.If you like or prefer such histories, this could very well be the book for you.JBF
A**N
A detailed first person commentary on the war written by a journalist who was there.
While my ancestors were from Wilster in Schleswig-Holstein since before 1650 my great great grandfather Peter Schliemann moved to Copenhagen in the 1830s where my great grandfather Ferdinand was born. He came to Australia in the 1870s. I found the story beautifully written, in a style of its time, and where the author, an Englishman, always seemed to be open to the failures of both sides in the war. It gives a real insight into the people, the geography and the day to day living of the residents and soldiers of the countryside as the war waged on.
J**N
Palmerston said only three people understood this war - this account gives a good explanation
Contemporary account by a fine journalist and still as good an explanation of a small scale but important conflict as you will find.
J**S
A view from an English war correspondent.
An English war correspondents view from the battlefield with everyday observations of events and the soldiers and civilians involved. Although mostly observed from the Danish side due to Prussian restrictions he deals with both sides fairly and includes a day to day account of the critical battle of the war and it's impact on those involved.
J**E
Five Stars
excellent price for excellent book for excellent price!
