The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century Playing Cards the doughboy once more speaks

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A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits

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The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century Playing Cards the doughboy once more speaksDescription by David Reynolds Paperback Winner of the 2014 PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize for the Best Work of History. "If you only read one book about the First World War in this anniversary year, read The Long Shadow. David Reynolds writes superbly and his analysis is compelling and original." Anne Chisolm, Chair of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize Committee, and Chair of the Royal Society of Literature. One of the most violent conflicts in the history of