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William Orpen: An Onlooker in France
Robert Upstone Angela Weight
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Description for William Orpen: An Onlooker in France
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The best known of the Official War Artists sent to France. Orpen was the only one to publish an extensive memoir of his experiences and observations. He was a talented writer, and his accounts of the last two years of the Great War and the Peace Conference that followed it are vivid, lucid and shrewd. The book ends with a passionate indictment of politicians and their mismanagement of the War, and rapidity with which the ordinary soldier was forgotten. This compelling book was first published in 1921. This new edition contains a critical essay by Robert Upstone which assesses Orpen's ... Read more
The best known of the Official War Artists sent to France. Orpen was the only one to publish an extensive memoir of his experiences and observations. He was a talented writer, and his accounts of the last two years of the Great War and the Peace Conference that followed it are vivid, lucid and shrewd. The book ends with a passionate indictment of politicians and their mismanagement of the War, and rapidity with which the ordinary soldier was forgotten. This compelling book was first published in 1921. This new edition contains a critical essay by Robert Upstone which assesses Orpen's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903470671
SKU
V9781903470671
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