Goodbye to All That

Informationen zum Autor Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That , in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 December 1985 in Majorca, his home since 1929. Klappentext Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That , in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 December 1985 in Majorca, his home since 1929. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of the author's experiences as a young officer in the First World War. This title describes life in the trenches and how the dehumanizing horrors he witnessed left him shell-shocked.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Graves, Robert von Ranke Graves
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.04.2011
• EAN: 9780241951415
• ISBN: 978-0-241-95141-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Essential Penguin; Penguin Essentials; Penguin Essentials; Essential Penguin
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Humanities, art, music > History; First World War, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, c 1910 to c 1919, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I