Love Letters of the Great War by Mandy Kirkby

Love Letters of the Great War by Mandy KirkbyFrom the private papers of a young Winston Churchill to the tender notes of an unknown Tommy in the trenches, Love Letters of the Great War is a collection of profound, intimate and heartfelt letters written during World War One. Many of the letters collected here are eloquent declarations of love and longing; others contain wrenching accounts of fear, jealousy and betrayal; and a number share sweet dreams of home. But in all the correspondence

revelatory account of how we understand ourselves in periods of crisis and distress

aphoristic style makes his writing especially attractive as an introduction to Stoic philosophy

she is compelled to give it a chance at survival

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the only other Black family in town

In the cursed kingdom of Ithaca

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Proper laughs

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shielding them from his own party’s brutality

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