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Publisher
Random House of Canada
ISBN-10
1039002005
ISBN-13
9781039002005
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18066414476
Product Key Features
Book Title
Great-Uncle Harry : a Tale of War and Empire
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Military / World War I, Historical
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"An important historical record and a well-paced story in its own right, Great-Uncle Harry is also much more than that: a tremendous act of love." -- The Guardian "Palin's Great-Uncle Harry . . . was a feast. Ostensibly, it was a tribute to Lance Corporal H.W.B. Palin, slain on the Somme in September 1916. But he did not merely recreate the life of a man whose body was 'known unto God.' Through years of research and hard writing he created a life." -- The Critic "A remarkable work of forensic genealogy, reassembling the absent bones of a man who left scant clues, told with quiet, affectionate persistence. There was an obstinate opacity to the man, and yet Palin manages to revive him." -- StarTribune "Palin's skill as a storyteller lifts the unremarkable story of his great-uncle Harry into a moving tribute to all soldiers lost in World War I." --Business Post
Dewey Decimal
940.4/272092
Synopsis
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier--his great-uncle Harry. Some years ago a stash of family records was handed down to Michael Palin, among which were photos of an enigmatic young man in army uniform, as well as photos of the same young man as a teenager looking uncomfortable at family gatherings. This, Michael learned, was his Great-Uncle Harry, born in 1884, died in 1916. He had previously had no idea that he had a Great-Uncle Harry, much less that his life was cut short at the age of 32 when he was killed in the Battle of the Somme. The discovery both shocked him and made him want to know much more. The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them. He walked the route Harry took on that fatal, final day of his life amid the mud of northern France. And as he did so, a life that had previously existed in the shadows was revealed to him. Great-Uncle Harry is an utterly compelling account of an ordinary man who led an extraordinary life. A blend of biography, history, travelogue and personal memoir, this is Michael Palin at his very finest., Some years ago a stash of family records was handed down to Michael Palin, among which was a photograph of an enigmatic young man in army uniform. This, he learnt, was his Great-Uncle Harry, who perished at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 aged just thirty-two. Intrigued, Michael set out to find more, embarking on a long journey of discovery that took him from Victorian Herefordshire, via the railways and tea plantations of India and the farmlands of New Zealand, to the slaughtering grounds of Gallipoli and Flanders. Gradually, as he pieced together the details of his great-uncle's journeys and adventures, he gained a personal insight into what it was like to be a child of the British Empire and to fight for king and country in one of history's most devastating conflicts. And a life that had previously existed in the shadows was vividly revealed to him. Great-Uncle Harry is a compelling account of an ordinary man who lived in extraordinary times.
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