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Before Action - A Poet on the Western Front by Charlotte Zeepvat (Hardcover, 2015)
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The Great War may have made Hodgson's reputation as a poet but it also killed him. Like so many of his generation he was an unlikely soldier and this first ground-breaking biography explores his early life and his reasons for abandoning it and volunteering for the Army. Today Hodgson is remembered as one of the ill-fated 9th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment whose fate in the opening moments of the Battle of the Somme has become one of the emblematic stories of the most costly day in British military history. Before Action draws on Hodgson's own writing and letters of his fellow officers to recreate the life and demise of a volunteer battalion from its formation in 1914 to its virtual destruction. Through their eyes and words we experience war: the Battle of Loos, where Hodgson won the Military Cross and the build-up to the Somme. At the same time the Author uncovers the hidden meaning of Hodgson's poetry. Its themes of family, friendship, grief and remembrance strike cords a hundred years on. AUTHOR: Charlotte Zeepvat MA has written extensively on 19th and early 20th Century subjects and appears on radio and television. 16 pages of b/w platesProduct Identifiers
PublisherPen & Sword Books LTD
ISBN-139781783463756
eBay Product ID (ePID)209521523
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameBefore Action-A Poet on the Western Front
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
AuthorCharlotte Zeepvat
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Width156 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorCharlotte Zeepvat
TopicLiterature
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- 20 Feb, 2024
Good book about a poet who should be as well know as Sassoon & Owen .
Excellent , well written book about one of the lesser known poets of The Great War .Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Nov, 2023
The devons 1/7/1916
The Devons 1/7/1916 A sad and well known taleVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
