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THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER - Neil Hanson - The story of the missing of the Great War

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ISBN
9780552149761
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
The Unknown Soldier
Item Height
199mm
Author
Neil Hanson
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Item Width
130mm
Subject
History
Item Weight
576g
Number of Pages
688 Pages

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Of all the million British dead of the First World War, only one - the Unknown Soldier - was ever returned to his native land. An anonymous symbol of all those lost without trace in the carnage of the battlefields, he was laid to rest in Westminster Abbey amid an outpouring of grief that brought the whole nation to a standstill, far outweighing even the emotion expressed over the death of Princess Diana over eighty years later. Inspired by this example, almost every combatant nation buried its own Unknown Soldier and the graves became the focus of a pilgrimage that still continues today. Drawing on largely unpublished letters and diaries, Neil Hanson has resurrected the lives and experiences of three unknown soldiers - a Briton, a German and an American. Every word is based on testimony of those who fought, those who died and those who mourned. Few books have ever shown the terrible reality of warfare in such compelling, unforgettable detail, or told such a moving story of human life and loss. Amid all their sufferings, the common humanity of the men and their loved ones shines through. Each soldier lives on in the memory of his family to this day. They stand at the head o

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Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN-13
9780552149761
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Author
Neil Hanson
Publication Name
The Unknown Soldier
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
688 Pages

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Item Height
199mm
Item Width
130mm
Item Weight
576g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Neil Hanson
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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