Some Desperate Glory
08 May 2014
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
While the First World War devastated Europe, it inspired profound poetry – words in which the atmosphere and landscape of battle are evoked perhaps more vividly than anywhere else.
The poets – many of whom were killed – show not only the war’s tragedy but the hopes and disappointments of a generation of men. In Some Desperate Glory, historian and...
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08 May 2014
304 pages
9781447242017
Imprint: Picador