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The Christmas Truce
Hardback
Main Details
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The Christmas Truce
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Carol Ann Duffy
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Illustrated by David Roberts
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:48 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 137,Width 128 |
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| Category/Genre | Poetry by individual poets |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781447206408
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| Classifications | Dewey:821.914 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Pan Macmillan
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| Imprint |
Picador
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| Publication Date |
4 November 2011 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Down at the front, on a cold winter's night in 1914, amidst the worst war the world had ever seen, an inexplicable silence spread from man to man. Belief was in the air. Then the soldiers ceased fire and the magic of Christmas took hold . . . Carol Ann Duffy's brilliant poem celebrates the miraculous truce between the trenches, when enemy shook hands with enemy, shared songs, swapped gifts, even played football, and peace found a place in No Man's Land. In a gorgeous small format with David Roberts' beautiful illustrations, The Christmas Truce is an irresistible festive gift. Also available in a larger, special edition hardback.
Author Biography
Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of The Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has written for both children and adults, and her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children's Verse, the Whitbread and Forward Prizes, and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. In 2005, she won the T. S. Eliot Prize for Rapture. She was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009.
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