The Christmas Truce
Carol Ann Duffy
Illustrated by David Roberts
17 November 2016
Imprint: Macmillan Digital Audio
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...
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17 November 2016
6 minutes
Carol Ann Duffy
9781509853359
Imprint: Macmillan Digital Audio
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