War and Peace: A collection of classic poetry and prose
UK £5.99,Canada $12.00,
UK Publication October 2004
ISBN 9781840465709
Paperback
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'My subject is War, and the pity of War', wrote Wilfred Owen, yet for Rupert Brooke war was a matter of pride, not pity. Sometimes war might even be a vehicle for humour. Whether it's battle hymn or lament, silent reverie or marching song, all aspects of war and peace are to be found in this anthology of classic poetry and prose.
Contents: Includes poems by Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Hardy, Blake, Browning, Tennyson, Tacitus, Marvell and Milton as well as extracts from Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice and the Bible.
An Introduction by Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo, the Children's Laureate, has published over 95 titles. His books have been translated into over twenty different languages, many have been adapted for the theatre and five have been made into films. In 1999 he was awarded an MBE for services to youth. His books have won the Whitbread Award (The Wreck of the Zanzibar), the Smarties Book Prize (The Butterfly Lion), the Children's Book Award (Kunsuke's Kingdom) and the Cercle D'Or Prix Sorciere (France) for King of the Cloud Forests, and several have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
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Kate Agnew has chaired the Children's Booksellers Association and has served as a judge for the Smarties Award and Whitbread Prize. She was a contributor to the Cambridge Guide to Children's Books, co-edited Children at War with Geoff Fox and has recently edited a series of short-story collections for Egmont. In 1999 she won a special British Book Award for her contribution to the National Year of Reading.
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