I found this after a bit of research on the Christmas Truce of 1914. Captain Hulse was mentioned in a video I watched, and I looked to see if he had written anything. What I found were letters that were originally published in 1916. They were signed, "Ever your loving Ted," so I am going to refer to him as Ted in this review.
The book is almost entirely letters written to his mother (with some random diary entries) and are more descriptive than I thought they were going to be. The monotony of trench warfare during the first world war is illustrated pretty well, but Ted made it interesting enough that it wasn't a slog to read. The weather was depressing, and I felt sympathy for the men in the trenches.
By far, the most interesting part of the book is the letter written after Christmas, where Ted describes the Christmas Truce. It was a long letter and told of the event in great detail.
If you're at all interested in that first winter of WWI or the Christmas Truce, this is worth a read. Ted is in a place where the truce persisted beyond Christmas Day, so that made it even more interesting. As I got closer to the end, I knew I was edging closer to Ted's last letter. The book ends with a couple letters sent to his mother regarding his death. Good Book!
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