Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort

Opening in August 1914, as the onset of the First World War is announced to a sunlit Paris, Edith Wharton's chronicle of her experience of the front lines powerfully evokes a country and a way of life under threat. As nuanced in her observations of human behaviour as she is in her vivid depictions of French landscape and architecture, Wharton fully exploits her unique position as consort to Walter Barry, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris, which allows her unparalleled access to life in the trenches. Sensitive without sentimentality, Fighting France is nothing less than an inspirational testament to the strength of the human spirit at a time of the greatest adversity.

eBook Details
123 Pages
2 - 3 Hours to read
38k Total words
Release Date: October 20, 2024
ISBN-13: 9781843913450
ISBN-10: 1843913453
Language: English
Format: epub
File size: 1,52 MB