- Fiction, World War, 1914-1918, British, Americans
Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping, emotional story of the war that devastated a generation and established America as a world power.Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe's western front.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and epic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Jeff Shaara
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 672
- Publisher
- Books on Tape, Random House Large Print, Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345461346
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“THE DARKNESS WAS COMPLETE, A SLOW march into a black, wet hell.”
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