Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision Led to the Creation of Wwi's War Graves
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Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; the extraordinary and forgotten story behind the building of the First World War cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable and visionary man, Fabian Ware. Before WWI, little provision was made for the burial of the war dead. Soldiers were often unceremoniously dumped in a mass grave; officers shipped home for burial. The great cemeteries of WWI came about as a result of the efforts of...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0007456654
ISBN13:9780007456659
Release Date:September 2013
Publisher:William Collins
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.5" x 8.6"
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