| Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision Led to the Creation of Wwi's War Graves Contributor(s): Crane, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0007456689 ISBN-13: 9780007456680 Publisher: William Collins OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - Architecture | History - General - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 940.465 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.65 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Crane, David: - David Crane's first book, 'Lord Byron's Jackal' was published to great acclaim in 1998, and his second, 'The Kindness of Sisters' published in 2002, is a groundbreaking work of romantic biography. In 2005 the highly acclaimed 'Scott of the Antarctic' was published, followed by 'Men of War', a collection of 19th Century naval biographies, in 2009. His 'Empires of the Dead' was shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize. He lives in north-west Scotland. |