Description
| Product ID: | 9781447218449 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | ES |
| Title: | The Christmas Truce |
| Authors: | Author: Carol Ann Duffy DBE, David Roberts |
| Page Count: | 48 |
| Subjects: | Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A poem by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, celebrating the magic of Christmas during World War One. Published as a large format book with colour illustrations by David Roberts <p>Down at the Front, on a cold winter's night in 1914, amidst the worst war the world had ever seen, an inexplicable silence spread from man to man. Belief was in the air. Then the soldiers ceased fire and the magic of Christmas took hold . . .<br><br>Carol Ann Duffy's brilliant poem celebrates the miraculous truce between the trenches, when enemy shook hands with enemy, shared songs, swapped gifts, even played football, and peace found a place in No Man's Land.<br><br>With gorgeous colour illustrations by David Roberts, this special, full size edition of <i>The Christmas Truce</i> is a Christmas gift to treasure.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-09-25 |
