Throughout history soldiers have known that they run the daily risk of being killed in action for their country. When you are stationed on the front line it is an ever-present danger. Hence for more than three centuries soldiers have been writing farewell letters to be read in the event of their death
- a last link with that person & a voice from beyond the grave. If Youre Reading This brings together a collection of these letters through history. Starting with the Napoleonic Wars & concluding with Iraq & Afghanistan the book not only reveals farewell letters from soldiers of all ranks & nationalities but tells a potted history of each individual soldier & his or her story. Where possible the book will also explore the reaction & impact of those letters on the family who received them. Historically these letters have been an opportunity to express feelings facts & instructions but overwhelmingly theyre a message of love to those who are left behind. If Youre Reading This promises to be a poignant timely & ultimately uplifting book which gets to the human heart & real voice of warfare.