The Armistice and the Aftermath which showcases the most breathtaking paintings of the era, capturing moments that changed the world forever. Each painting is given a full page, followed by an insightful commentary about the event each piece of art is a response to. It really is a beautiful record of the artistic responses to the closing moments of one of the most astonishingly brutal conflicts the world had seen up until that point.

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The author provides a lively, insightful commentary on the end of the War against a backdrop of striking full colour images in various mediums; pen and wash, oil, watercolour and photographs, with notes on the artists. We learn, for example, that Augustus John, recruited by Lord Beaverbrook as Canada’s official war artist, commented that the Peace talks at Versailles “held no pictorial possibilities” and therefore his main artistic endeavours during the Conference were focused on the ladies recruited to entertain the guests! Works by most of the well known artists of the day; Nash, Orpen, Maxwell, Muirhead Bone and Nevinson are included. A beautifully illustrated coffee table style book which will appeal to art lovers.

Military Historical Society

A beautiful collection. 8/10

The Great War magazine, January 2019

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Antiques Diary, November/December 2018

As the focus of this volume is on art, the works appearing within its pages are likely to be of interest to aficionados of such matters, while Historians and ‘Generalist’ readers with an interest in World War I may also find it of interest. As they portray contemporary military machinery, it is also possible that military modellers might find some of the images useful as reference material.

Keith Rimmer, NZ Crown Mines

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History of War, issue 61

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Yorkshire Post, 8th November 2018 - words by Chris Bond

I am riveted. Absolutely fascinating and captures the spirit of the moment wonderfully, along with the geopolitical impact. The paintings are so evocative - they bring one into the heart of the war, its impact and aftermath at a very human level.

Rose Fenton

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