Epitaphs of The Great War: Passchendaele

Epitaphs of the Great War: Passchendaele collects the headstone inscriptions from the graves of those killed during the Third Battle of Ypres--Passchendaele. Limited by the Imperial War Graves Commission to sixty-six characters, these inscriptions are masterpieces of compact emotion. But, as Sarah Wearne shows in this collection, their enforced brevity means that many inscriptions rely on the reader being able to pick up on references and allusions, many of which are unfamiliar to twenty-first-century readers. Consequently, alongside the inscriptions Wearne offers expanded religious, literary, or anecdotal context in order to give full voice to the bereaved.

Published in association with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, this collection gathers together epitaphs of the ordinary and the famous, the privileged and the poor, generals and privates alike to offer a full perspective on those who fought and died and those they left behind.

About the author

Sarah Wearne is a military historian. Her current Twitter project, Great War Epitaphs (@wwinscriptions), is publishing an epitaph every day of the centenary of World War I.

Summary

Epitaphs of the Great War Passchendaele is an edited collection of headstone inscriptions from the graves of those killed during the Third Battle of Ypres - Passchendaele.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Wearne, Wearne Sarah
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781910500651
• ISBN: 978-1-910500-65-1
• Series: Epitaphs of The Great War; Epitaphs of The Great War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, REFERENCE / Genealogy & Heraldry, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Memorials, monuments, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Military institutions, Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours, Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings, Memorials & Rolls Of Honour, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I