Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision Led to the Creation of Wwi's War Graves

by David Crane

Book Overview

Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; the extraordinary and forgotten story behind the building of the First World War cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable and visionary man, Fabian Ware. Before WWI, little provision was made for the burial of the war dead. Soldiers were often unceremoniously dumped in a mass grave; officers shipped home for burial. The great cemeteries of WWI came about as a result of the efforts of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007456654
• ISBN13: 9780007456659
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: William Collins
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.6"