Better known today for his influential fantasy writings, Lord Dunsany also wrote a number of sketches during World War One. This compilation of essays written from time spent in France in 1916. Much more thoughtful and melancholy than the pieces written for the War Office earlier in the war. - Summary by Alan Winterrowd
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface and A Dirge of Victory (Sonnet)
02:14 - Chapter 2
The Cathedral Of Arras
08:55 - Chapter 3
A Good War
08:09 - Chapter 4
The House With Two Storeys
08:35 - Chapter 5
Bermondsey versus Wurtemburg
06:28 - Chapter 6
On An Old Battle-Field
08:41 - Chapter 7
The Real Thing
06:23 - Chapter 8
A Garden Of Arras
08:53 - Chapter 9
After Hell
03:00 - Chapter 10
A Happy Valley
03:33 - Chapter 11
In Bethune
08:47 - Chapter 12
In An Old Drawing-Room
06:05 - Chapter 13
The Homes Of Arras
06:43