Synopsis
Down at the Front, on a cold winter's night in 1914, amidst the worst war the world had ever seen, an inexplicable silence spread from man to man. Belief was in the air. Then the soldiers ceased fire and the magic of Christmas took hold . . .
Carol Ann Duffy's brilliant poem celebrates the miraculous truce between the trenches, when...
Details
25 September 2014
48 pages
9781447218449
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A short history lesson to make children learn and grown men weepIndependent on Sunday