Description
| Product ID: | 9780007456680 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Empires of the Dead |
| Subtitle: | How One Man’s Vision LED to the Creation of WWI’s War Graves |
| Authors: | Author: David Crane |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, First World War, Military institutions, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, First World War, Memorials & rolls of honour, Europe, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction. The extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of the World War One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian Ware. Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction.The extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of the World War One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian Ware.In the wake of the First World War, Britain and her Empire faced the enormous question of how to bury the dead. Critically-acclaimed author David Crane describes how the horror of the slaughter motivated an ambulance commander named Fabian Ware to establish the Commonwealth war cemeteries.Behind these famous monuments – the Cenotaph, Tyne Cot, Menin Gate, Etaples amongst them – lies a deeply moving story; ‘Empires of the Dead’ chronicles a generation coming to terms with grief on a colossal scale. |
| Imprint Name: | William Collins |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-03-27 |
