Tentang Penulis Robert Archibald Shaw adalah seorang aktor, novelis, penulis naskah, dan penulis skenario Inggris. Memulai karirnya di teater, Shaw bergabung dengan Teater Memorial Shakespeare setelah Perang Dunia Kedua dan muncul dalam produksi Macbeth, Henry VIII, Cymbeline, dan drama Shakespeare lainnya. Dengan perusahaan Old Vic (1951–52), ia melanjutkan peran Shakespeare. Pada tahun 1959 ia membintangi produksi West End dari The Long and the Short and the Tall. Shaw dinominasikan untuk Academy Award dan Golden Globe untuk perannya sebagai Henry VIII dalam film drama A Man for All Seasons (1966). Peran film lainnya termasuk mafia Doyle Lonnegan di The Sting (1973) dan pemburu hiu Quint in Jaws (1975). Dia juga memainkan peran dalam From Russia with Love (1963), Battle of Britain (1969), Young Winston (1972), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Robin and Marian (1976) dan, Black Sunday and The Deep , yang keduanya dirilis pada tahun 1977. Sinopsis The Battle of the Somme raged from July 1 to November 18, 1916, and was one of the bloodiest fought in military history. It has come to signify for many the waste and bloodshed of World War I as hundreds of thousands of men on all sides lost their lives fighting over small gains in land. Yet, this battle also marked a turning point in the war and was witness to new methods of warfare, such as all-arms integrated attacks, with infantry units and the new Tank Corps fighting alongside each other. Complete with detailed maps and photographs, as well as fascinating facts and profiles of the leaders, this is the best introduction to this legendary battle.