Great War In Portraits Kate Lee Dispirited travellers rejoice as Damien

Dispirited travellers rejoice as Damien Rudd journeys across continents in search of the world's most joyless place names and their fascinating etymologies

that have shaped Britain and the world  over the past thousand years

Called `Agatha Christie's masterpiece' (Spectator) and the `most baffling mystery Agatha Christie has ever written' (New York Times)

a famous poet whose life has been shadowed by his talented and troubled mother

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Great War In Portraits Kate Lee Dispirited travellers rejoice as DamienIn viewing the Great War through the portraits of those involved, Paul Moorhouse looks at the bitter sweet nature of a conflict in which valour and selfless endeavour were qualified by disaster and suffering, and examines the notion of identity how various individuals associated with the war were represented and perceived. The narrative is structured chronologically, with thematic sections devoted to conflicting pairs `Royalty and the Assassin',