Some Desparate Glory : The First World War the Poets Knew. by EGREMONT, Max:

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London England: Picador, 2014. First Edition Hardcover The hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of what many believed would be the war to end all wars is in 2014. And while World War I devastated Europe, it inspired profound poetrywords in which the atmosphere and landscape of battle are evoked perhaps more vividly than anywhere else. The poetsmany of whom were killedshow not only the war's tragedy but also the hopes and disappointments of a generation of men. In Some Desperate Glory, the historian and biographer Max Egremont gives us a transfiguring look at the life and work of this assemblage of poets. Wilfred Owen with his flaring genius; the intense, compassionate Siegfried Sassoon; the composer Ivor Gurney; Robert Graves, who would later spurn his war poems; the nature-loving Edward Thomas; the glamorous Fabian Socialist Rupert Brooke; and the shell-shocked Robert Nicholsall fought in the war, and their poetry is a bold act of creativity in the face of unprecedented… Read More

London: Picador, 2014. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book

London: Picador, 2014. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book

London: Picador, 2014. 1st edition, large 8vo, 336pp, photo illustrations; VG+/Fine Copy in VG+/Fine DJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.