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If you're reading this-- : last letters from the front line

In this brilliant and profoundly moving collection of 'farewell letters' written by servicemen and women to their loved ones, Siân Price offers a remarkable insight into the hearts and minds of some of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the past three hundred years. Each letter provides an enduring snapshot of an impossible moment in time - when an individual stares death squarely in the face. Some were written or dictated as the person lay mortally wounded; many were written on the eve of a great charge or battle; others were written by soldiers who experienced premonitions of their death, or.

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  • "In this brilliant and profoundly moving collection of 'farewell letters' written by servicemen and women to their loved ones, Siân Price offers a remarkable insight into the hearts and minds of some of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the past three hundred years. Each letter provides an enduring snapshot of an impossible moment in time - when an individual stares death squarely in the face. Some were written or dictated as the person lay mortally wounded; many were written on the eve of a great charge or battle; others were written by soldiers who experienced premonitions of their death, or."@en
  • ""In this ... collection of 'farewell letters' written by servicemen and women to their loved ones, [the author] offers ... insight into the hearts and minds of some of the soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the past three hundred years... They write of the grim realties of battle and daily hardships, of unquestioning patriotism or bitter regrets, of religious fervour or political disillusionment, of unrelenting optimism or sinking moral. Above all, they write of their love for their family and the desire to return to them one day"--Dust jacket."@en

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  • "If You're Reading This ... Last Letters from the Front Line"@en
  • "If you're reading this : last letters from the front line"
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