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Empires of the Dead
How One Man’s Vision Led to the Creation of WWI’s War Graves
by David Crane🔗 Empires of the Dead · Read More 🔗
- ISBN: 9780007456659 (0007456654)
- Awards: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2013), Hessell-Tiltman Prize Nominee (2014)
- Format: hardcover, 304 pages
- Genres: history, biography, war, reference
- Language: english
- Release date: September 26, 2013
- Publisher: William Collins
- Author: David Crane
About The Book
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 one inspired visionary. In 1914, Fabian Ware joined the Red Cross, working on the frontline in France. Horrified by the hasty burials, he recorded the identity and position of the graves. His work was officially recognised, with a Graves Registration Commission being set up. As reports of their work became public, the Commission was flooded with letters from grieving relatives around the world.
Critically acclaimed author David Crane gives a profoundly moving account of the creation of the great citadels to the dead, which involved leading figures of the day, including Rudyard Kipling. It is the story of cynical politicking, as governments sought to justify the sacrifice, as well as the grief of nations, following the ‘war to end all wars’.
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