Epitaphs of The Great War: The Last 100 Days

Description

* The third and final title in this successful trilogy * It takes an epitaph from each of the last one hundred days of the first world war and describes the inscription, the record and the young man behind the poignant words. * Publication will be supported by a major publicity and marketing campaign

Sarah Wearne is a military historian. Her current Twitter project, Great War Epitaphs (@wwinscriptions), is publishing an epitaph every day of the centenary of World War I. Author of Epitaphs of the Great War: Passchendaele 9781910500651 and Epitaphs of the Great War: The Somme 9781910500521

"From the inspiring to the harrowing to the humdrum, the epitaphs chosen remind us of the millions of individual lives that were cut short "--Robert Colvile, Daily Telegraph "When I learned of Sarah's project to collect and publish these epigrams and tell their stories I was absolutely delighted. These short lines are some of the Commission's real treasures . . . [they] reach through the decades and should we ever forget, remind us of the man"--Victoria Wallace, Director General Commonwealth War Graves Commission "A work of heroic service for those who died heroically."-- "Times Literary Supplement"