
- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The First World War produced a unique outpouring of prose and poetry depicting the stark realism of a brutal and futile war; no war before or since has been so extensively chronicled nor its misery so exposed. First-hand experiences in the trenches compelled poets such as Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen to write with a resolute honesty, describing events with more feeling and sincerity than the heavily censored letters that were sent home. Accounts of the Great War are typically written from an English perspective, but Ghosts of War encompasses a selection of contributions from across Europe and America, with an emphasis on the Scottish involvement. Using the words of over one hundred poets and writers, Andrew Ferguson recounts the war from its optimistic beginning to its sombre conclusion, bringing the conflict to life in a dramatic, emotive and, at times, humorous way.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by Nicola Sturgeon
- Acknowledgements
- Ghosts of War
- Maps
- Introduction
- The War Poets
- 1 Setting the Scene
- 2 The Overture
- 3 The Curtain Rises
- 4 Act One: The Opening of Hostilities
- 5 Act Two: The War in 1915
- 6 Act Three: Haig Takes Command
- 7 Act Four: The War in 1917
- 8 The Last Act
- 9 The Curtain Falls
- Sources