A bittersweet story about the horrors of two brothers’ experiences during WW1, I first read ‘Private Peaceful’ when I was eleven, and have returned to it now over a decade later. Whilst the story at times is predictable, it is still a thoroughly engaging and heartfelt novel exploring the impact that court martial had on the British army. The ending is still a tear-jerker and the pathos that we, as modern-day readers, feel is profound.