Love Letters of the Great War by Mandy Kirkby
A powerful collection of love letters shared between soldiers and their sweethearts during World War I, edited and introduced by Mandy Kirkby, with a Foreword from Orange Prize-winner Helen Dunmore.
[Love Letters of the Great War] gathers together the most moving, intimate and fascinating correspondence to and from soldiers fighting in the First World War * Telegraph *
heartbreaking letters from the hell of the trenches. . a moving collection * Daily Mail *
The passions of war are universal: these letters reflect the constancy of gallantry, intimacy and grief. -- Iain Finlayson * The Times *
touching and fascinating first-hand accounts ... a brilliant collection, and a must-read for both young and old * Press and Journal *
Love Letters of the Great War, sensitively edited by Mandy Kirkby and with an insightful foreword by Helen Dunmore, is more than a touching anthology. It shows that letters gave men the chance to reflect on their transformation into soldiers, allowed absent husbands and fathers to participate in family life, formed a point of physical contact between separated lovers . . . and, in spite of the censors, provided a forum for sexual fantasy. -- Kate McLoughlin * TLS *
emotive and poignant * Sunday Post *
heartbreaking letters from the hell of the trenches. . a moving collection * Daily Mail *
The passions of war are universal: these letters reflect the constancy of gallantry, intimacy and grief. -- Iain Finlayson * The Times *
touching and fascinating first-hand accounts ... a brilliant collection, and a must-read for both young and old * Press and Journal *
Love Letters of the Great War, sensitively edited by Mandy Kirkby and with an insightful foreword by Helen Dunmore, is more than a touching anthology. It shows that letters gave men the chance to reflect on their transformation into soldiers, allowed absent husbands and fathers to participate in family life, formed a point of physical contact between separated lovers . . . and, in spite of the censors, provided a forum for sexual fantasy. -- Kate McLoughlin * TLS *
emotive and poignant * Sunday Post *
Mandy Kirkby is an editor and author of The Language of Flowers: a Miscellany.
Helen Dunmore is an acclaimed bestselling author, poet, children's novelist and short-story writer. Among her novels are Zennor in Darkness, which won the McKitterick Prize; A Spell of Winter, which won the inaugural Orange Prize; The Siege, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and for the Orange Prize; The Betrayal, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Orwell Prize; Mourning Ruby, House of Orphans, Counting the Stars. Her 2014 novel The Lie is set during and just after the First World War.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780230772830 |
| ISBN 10 | 0230772838 |
| Title | Love Letters of the Great War |
| Author | Mandy Kirkby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2014-01-16 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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