About this title: 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 first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, and it bears the names of 73,000 soldiers whose bodies were never found at the end of that bloody and futile campaign. This moving and original study by an acclaimed architectural historian tells the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781861978967ISBN:1861978960
Description: New. 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. This title tells the ori... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Profile Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781861978967ISBN:1861978960
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Description: New. We are no longer able to guarantee delivery by Christmas. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing is the principal, tangible expression of Britain's defining experience in the Great War— the first day of the Battle of the Somme. It bears the names of 73, 000 soldiers whose bodies were never found at the end of that bloody and futile ... read more
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