The Great War

The Great War

1914-1918: An Anthology Inspired by Objects from the First World War

by Timothée de Fombelle, John Boyne, Tracy Chevalier, Marcus Sedgwick, David Almond, Michael Morpurgo, Tanya Lee Stone, Adele Geras, Ursula Dubosarsky, Al Kennedy, Sheena Wilkinson

288 pages· 2014· ISBN 9781406353778
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A moving collection of short stories by bestselling authors, each inspired by a different object from the First World War. The objects include a writing case belonging to a young soldier who was killed on the first day of the Somme, a butter dish featuring a message from Lloyd George, urging people to be economical with food, and a toy soldier dressed in the uniform of the French Army.

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