Adventures in Time: The First World War

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Take a journey to a vanished world with the ADVENTURES IN TIME series - stories so exciting you won't believe they're all true.

'His heart racing, Henry took a step towards the enemy line. A shape loomed towards him in the darkness...'

Travel back in time to a world engulfed by war, as historian Dominic Sandbrook takes us on an action-packed adventure. From the soaring heights of an aeroplane cockpit to the desperate depths of the muddy trenches, we are plunged first hand into a war unlike any other. Amid the clash of empires, the future of the world hangs in the balance...

The Adventures in Time series brings the past alive for twenty-first century children. These stories are every bit as exciting as those of Harry Potter or Matilda Wormwood. The only difference is they actually happened...

© Dominic Sandbrook 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

  • Compelling and vivid … this memorable chronicle never loses sight of the terrible pointlessness of the conflict.

    Sunday Times
  • The Adventures in Time series offers accessible retellings of key moments in history for a younger audience (and, no doubt, older readers too). This instalment distils the complexities of World War I into a succinct, vivid account, which never loses sight of either the heroism or the horrors.

    History Revealed
  • Few plots can rival the real-life dramas played out in the superb Adventures in Time series by the historian Dominic Sandbrook, one of the most exciting new voices in children’s non-fiction.

    Daily Telegraph
  • History and fiction meld in a spectacular new series retelling thrilling tales from past eras, all with the benefit of the latest research.

    Financial Times
  • For lovers of non-fiction, Dominic Sandbrook’s narrative series has been a boon … This volume is inevitably moving, and an illuminating chronicle of the waste of war.

    The Times Children's Books of the Year

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