Empires Of The Dead

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: William Collins
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2013
Edition: First Edition

Description: 289 pages. Ex-Library. (The only mark is a small neat stamp to inside page). Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout. How One Man;s Vision Led To The Creation Of WWI'S War Graves.

Publishers Description: Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; the extraordinary and forgotten story behind the building of the First World War cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable and visionary man, Fabian Ware.Before WWI, little provision was made for the burial of the war dead. Soldiers were often unceremoniously dumped in a mass grave; officers shipped home for burial.The great cemeteries of WWI came about as a result of the efforts of one inspired visionary. In 1914, Fabian Ware joined the Red Cross, working on the frontline in France. Horrified by the hasty burials, he recorded the identity and position of the graves. His work was officially recognised, with a Graves Registration Commission being set up. As reports of their work became public, the Commission was flooded with letters from grieving relatives around the world.Critically acclaimed author David Crane gives a profoundly moving account of the creation of the great citadels to the dead, which involved leading figures of the day, including Rudyard Kipling. It is the story of cynical politicking, as governments sought to justify the sacrifice, as well as the grief of nations, following the war to end all wars.

ISBN: 9780007456659