You'll find each area detailed in a clear and concise manner. The text tells you all you need to make visits to the area, where to stay, how to navigate the area in general as well as detailed tours and walks. Special attention to maps reveals the unique topography of each place and the impact which those features had on the battles which occurred there. The evolution of each battle is carefully documented. Photographs and eye witness accounts make the text accessible both to the serious student and people wanting to discover where and how their antecedents fought and died in such numbers.

As well as all necessary background and the description of every memorial, visitor centre, cemetery, viewpoint and walk each guidebook's many maps identify straightforward access to every key location mentioned in the body of the book. Printed in pocket size for easy carrying these invaluable aids will enhance and clarify any visit to the Somme Battlefields. The series covers almost all of the 1916 battlefield and I am currently preparing volumes which will deal in detail with the areas fought across during the 1918 campaigns.