Some Desperate Glory - The First World War the Poets Knew

A centenary tribute to the Great War as reflected through the lives and art of its poets includes discussions of such writers as Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves and is complemented by a chronological poetry anthology. 10,000 first printing.

About the author

Max Egremont was born in 1948 and studied modern history at Oxford University. He is the author of several novels and biographies, including Siegfried Sassoon: A Life (FSG, 2005) and Forgotten Land: Journeys Among the Ghosts of East Prussia (FSG, 2011). Egremont is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in England.

Product details

• Authors: Max Egremont
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2015
• EAN: 9780374535445
• ISBN: 978-0-374-53544-5
• No. of pages: 337
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Poetry, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh