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55%OFFCarol Ann Duffy - The Christmas Truce - 9781447218449 - 9781447218449
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The Christmas Truce

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Description for The Christmas Truce Hardback. A poem by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, celebrating the magic of Christmas during World War One. Published as a large format book with colour illustrations by David Roberts Illustrator(s): Roberts, David. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5HC; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.

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.

With gorgeous colour illustrations by David Roberts, this special, full size edition of The Christmas Truce ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447218449
SKU
9781447218449
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Carol Ann Duffy
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, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes, the PEN Pinter Prize, and the Lannan and E. ... Read more

Reviews for The Christmas Truce
A short history lesson to make children learn and grown men weep
Independent on Sunday

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