Powerful, gripping and intensely moving, the film gives a first-hand account of this long and brutal conflict and its legacy.

And not one of the 'stories' includes a first-hand account, reading instead rather like a series of encyclopaedia entries.

His correspondence with various survivors of the time and their close relatives provide the largest single first-hand account of the settlement of the region.

He acquired an invaluable and first-hand account of the character, vision and belief of each of these rulers.

It provided a frank, first-hand account of the lessons learned in the development process.