The
publishing firm Mackay and Hertz have decided to commission a new “book”
for schools on European history. The “book” is of course not going to be
actually printed – it is going to be published on the web. They are
looking for authors; young authors. The book’s
concept is to combine accounts of events with short background articles.
you
want to write it
Your group
has decided to apply for the job – and as part of your application you are
going to enclose a sample of your work – a background article on the first
world war and an account of one aspect of the war - for example the battle of the Somme.
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They were in
their own view a formidable group of men. No inferno would now melt them,
no storm destroy, because they had seen the worst and they had survived.