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The Life That I Have by Leo Marks (Paperback, 1999)
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This poignant, haunting poem, originally written for the author's fiancee Ruth who died in a plane crash in 1943, was given to the SOE agent Violette Szabo as her code poem, before she was dropped into occupied France in 1944. It afterwards became famous through the film of her life, Carve Her Name With Pride, starring Virginia McKenna, and has been a source of inspiration ever since to those who have lost a loved one or are themselves facing death. Only in 1998, with the publication of Leo Marks' remarkable book about his works with SOE, Between Silk and Cyanide, did it become known that he was the author of this and many other poems used by SOE agents during World War II. Now one of the best loved poems in the English language, The Life That I Have is presented as a special illustrated gift book, with pencil drawings by the artist Elena Gaussen Marks, the author's wife. Her pencil sketch of Violette Szabo, based on a photograph, is also included.Product Identifiers
PublisherProfile Books
ISBN-139780285635326
eBay Product ID (ePID)86631799
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Life That I Have
AuthorLeo Marks
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicPoetry
Publication Year1999
Number of Pages32 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height158mm
Item Width115mm
Item Weight120g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorLeo Marks
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 04 Mar, 2025
A very romantic poem.
This is such a romantic poem, believe it or not it was used as part of the undercover work for one of the female spies in the second world war, originally it was a love poem, the one who wrote it Leo Marks wrote it for his fiance but unfortunatley she died before they could marry, the poem was used in the old black and white movie called Carve Her Name with Pride, a very good film. The book has sketches in it drawn by hand, i highly reccomend this little book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 27 Aug, 2020
Lovely
Perfect gift for someone specialVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
