The memorial to the missing of the Somme / Gavin Stamp.
The memorial to the missing of the Somme / Gavin Stamp.
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Publisher
London : Profile 2006.
Date
2006.
Call Numbers
N725.9409/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
vi, 214 p. : ill, maps, ports ; 21 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. The battle of the Somme -- Ch. 2. War memorials -- Ch. 3. The architect -- Ch. 4. The War Graves Commission -- Ch. 5. Memorials to the missing -- Ch. 6. Thiepval -- Ch. 7. The design -- Ch. 8. Legacy.
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Publisher
London : Profile 2006.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
Edwin Lutyens' Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval in Northern France, visited annually by tens of thousands of tourists, is arguably the finest structure erected by any British architect in the twentieth century.It is the principal, tangible expression of the defining event in Britain's experience and memory of the Great War, the firs...
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The memorial to the missing of the Somme / Gavin Stamp.
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Wonders of the world.
Wonders of the world.
"A truly classical piece of prose, a tragic chorus on the Somme which reverberates on the battlefields of today / A. N. Wilson" -- Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N725.9409/1
Record Identifier
74VKvW23OGey
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvW23OGey
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ISBN
1861978111
9781861978110
DDC
725.9409
MMS ID
991021580949702626
