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Svetlana Palmer & Sarah Wallis ‘A War in Words, the First World War in diaries and letters’  

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English Assignment B Mrs Burton Chose a novel, play or an extended piece of non-fiction writing about the First World War. Write a personal response to this text. You should consider how, in both treatment of subject matter and style, the writer presents the experience of war. Choice of extended piece: Svetlana Palmer & Sarah Wallis 'A War in Words, the First World War in diaries and letters'. Published in 2003. Hayley Cook L63 When reading Svetlana Palmer and Sarah Wallis' 'A War in Words' I was initially overwhelmed at how the First World War and the experiences from 1914-1918 are portrayed throughout the book. From the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914 to children of 10 and 12 years old whose lives are threatened by the rampage of war, the book gives a moving interpretation of life in war; not only of the soldiers fighting for their country,...

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