TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crane,David
TI  - Empires of the dead: how one man's vision led to the creation of WWI's war graves 
SN  - 9780007456680 (pbk.)
U1  - 940.465 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - William Collins
KW  - Ware, Fabian.
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Monuments
KW  - Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Originally published: 2013; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - WORLD HISTORY: FIRST WORLD WAR. Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; the extraordinary and forgotten story behind the building of the First World War cemeteries. In the wake of the First World War, Britain and her Empire faced the enormous question of how to bury the dead. Critically-acclaimed author David Crane describes how the horror of the slaughter motivated an ambulance commander named Fabian Ware to establish the Commonwealth war cemeteries. Behind these famous monuments - the Cenotaph, Tyne Cot, Menin Gate, Etaples amongst them - lies a deeply moving story; 'Empires of the Dead' chronicles a generation coming to terms with grief on a colossal scale
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