Acclaimed children's author Allan Burnett turns his attention to the First World War in a book of explosively exciting and emotionally charged tales of bravery and adventure. Featuring the true exploits of soldiers, spies, pilots, sailors and many others, these stories, all based on interviews with these heroes themselves or their descendants, offer a unique, personal insight into the First World War that no conventional history book can ever hope to match.

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Birlinn General .

Allan Burnett is a freelance writer. He has also worked as a librarian, an archivist, a 'ghost tour' guide and a journalist. Scoular Anderson is one of the UK's best known illustrators. He has written over seventy books and has illustrated many books by other authors.