The Old Lie: The Great War and the Public-School Ethos by Peter Parker

The Old Lie: The Great War and the Public-School Ethos

Peter Parker

344 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Long unavailable, this acclaimed book traces the history of an ideal and examines its effect on the lives of those caught up in the First World War. Rupert Brooke's apparent enthusiasm for the War in 1914 was echoed throughout England, particularl...

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