Empires of the dead : how one man's vision led to the creation of WW1's war graves /

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.

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Main Author: Crane, David, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index. 
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