<p><b>**Pre-order the latest volume in the World War One trilogy, <i>The Eastern Front, </i>today** <br><br>A <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><b>A <i>TELEGRAPH </i>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><br><b>''A</b><b>tour de force of scholarship, analysis and narration . . . Lloyd is well on the way to writing a </b><b>definitive history of the First World War''</b> Lawrence James, <i>The Times</i><br><br><b>''This well-researched, well-written and cogently argued new analysis . . . will undoubtedly now take its rightful place as the standard account of this vital theatre of the conflict'' </b>Andrew Roberts, author of <i>Churchill: Walking with Destiny</i><br>_________________<br><br><b>In the annals of military history, the Western Front stands as an enduring symbol of the folly and futility of war.</b><br><br>However, as bestselling military historian Nick Lloyd reveals in this highly-praised history - the first of an epic trilogy -- the story is not one of pointlessness and stupidi