The Great War of 1914-18 and the Second World War of 1939-45, told in the words of some of the most immediate and moving poetry in the language – a tribute to the triumph of the human spirit over the desolation and waste of war.
This collection includes many of the most famous works by the leading war poets, but also lesser-known verse by soldier (and sailor and airman) poets, as well as those by civilians.
Featuring works by Sassoon, Owen, Rosenberg, Edward Thomas, Sidney Keyes and others – and those less…
