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Your death would be mine : Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War / Martha Hanna.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanna, Martha.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--France--Biography.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Soldiers--France--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Army spouses--France--Biography.
- Army spouses.
- Pireaud, Paul.
- Pireaud, Marie.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p. ) ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Paul and Marie Pireaud, a young couple from southwest France, were newlyweds when World War 1 erupted. With Paul in the army they were forced to conduct their marriage mostly by correspondence. Drawing upon hundreds of letters they wrote, the author tells their story and reveals a powerful and personal perspective on war.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- ONE. How Sad the Countryside Is
- TWO. Here It Is Extermination on the Ground
- THREE. Oh, How I Suffered, My Poor Paul
- FOUR. No One Is Happy in War
- FIVE. We Are Martyrs of the Century
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674038271
- 0674038274
- OCLC:
- 1301549778
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