Percy a Story of 1918
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In 1918, Percy Edwards was conscripted into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and sent to the front. He served there only three weeks before being killed in action, one of more than 700,000 British soldiers to die in the war. This book tells his story--and, by extension, the story of the British experience of the war.
Drawing on a cache of letters found in a flea market a few years ago, Percy brings the experience of the final year of the war to life. Peter Doyle sets Edwards's own words in context with war diaries, accounts of battle, and newspaper stories, using them all to weave a story for young readers of what it was like to find yourself suddenly in a foreign land facing grave danger with your fellow citizens. With illustrations by Tim Godden, Percy is an unforgettable account of youth and war.
Drawing on a cache of letters found in a flea market a few years ago, Percy brings the experience of the final year of the war to life. Peter Doyle sets Edwards's own words in context with war diaries, accounts of battle, and newspaper stories, using them all to weave a story for young readers of what it was like to find yourself suddenly in a foreign land facing grave danger with your fellow citizens. With illustrations by Tim Godden, Percy is an unforgettable account of youth and war.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1911604813
ISBN13:9781911604815
Release Date:March 2019
Publisher:Uniform
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 7.8"
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