Written for her baby son, the authors eleven volumes of diaries offer a comprehensive, day-by-day account of the First World War from the perspective of the British Home Front. Closely involved with the domestic war effort throughout the hostilities, she documents the grave shortages that take hold as Britain is blockaded. About the AuthorGAVIN ROYNON served as a National Service officer with 13th/18th Royal Hussars, then read Modern Languages at Worcester College, Oxford. He went on to teach French, German and History at Eton College before retiring from teaching in 1999. Gavins first