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Kate Pullinger (Ed.) - Letter to an Unknown Soldier: A New Kind of War Memorial - 9780008116842 - KTG0009802
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Letter to an Unknown Soldier: A New Kind of War Memorial

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Description for Letter to an Unknown Soldier: A New Kind of War Memorial Hardcover. On Platform One of Paddington Station in London, there is a statue of an unknown soldier; he's reading a letter. On the hundredth anniversary of the declaration of war everyone in the country was invited to take a moment and write that letter. A selection of those letters are published here, in a new kind of war memorial - one made only of words. Editor(s): Pullinger, Kate; Bartlett, Neil. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFC; 3JJF; 3JMG; HBTD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.

On Platform One of Paddington Station in London, there is a statue of an unknown soldier; he’s reading a letter. On the hundredth anniversary of the declaration of war everyone in the country was invited to take a moment and write that letter. A selection of those letters are published here, in a new kind of war memorial – one made only of words.

In a year of public commemoration `Letter to an Unknown Soldier’ invited everyone to step back from the public ceremonies and take a few private moments ... Read more

The response was extraordinary. The invitation was to everyone and, indeed, all sorts of people responded: schoolchildren, pensioners, students, artists, nurses, serving members of the forces and even the Prime Minister. Letters arrived from all over the United Kingdom and beyond, and many well-known writers and personalities contributed.

Opening on 28th June 2014, the centenary of the Sarajevo assassinations, and closing at 11 pm on the night of 4 August 2014, the centenary of the moment when Prime Minister Asquith announced to the House of Commons that Britain had joined the First World War, this book offers a snapshot of what people in this country and across the world were thinking and feeling about the centenary of World War One.

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Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780008116842
SKU
KTG0009802
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3

About Kate Pullinger (Ed.)
Neil Bartlett is a novelist and theatre-director. His 2007 novel `Skin Lane’ was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award, and his new novel, `The Disappearance Boy’, is being published by Bloomsbury in July 2014. He has two honorary degrees (from Oxford Brookes and Brighton), bestowed in recognition of his pioneering and continued commitment to gay culture and civil rights, and ... Read more

Reviews for Letter to an Unknown Soldier: A New Kind of War Memorial
`Anyone reading through this collection will be hard put not to feel the emotion surging through every page… “This memorial is made of voices”. They deserve to be heard’ Daily Express

Goodreads reviews for Letter to an Unknown Soldier: A New Kind of War Memorial


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