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By Thomas Dilworth

ISBN-10: 1907587241

ISBN-13: 9781907587245

the nice modernist artist and poet David Jones grew up in Brockley, London. He comprehensive paintings tuition in the summertime of 1913, able to pursue a profession as an artist. yet then Britain declared conflict on Germany, and Jones joined the military. He was once despatched to France in 1915, serving within the related regiment as Robert Graves; in contrast to him, in spite of the fact that, he used to be a personal, a rank he saved through the struggle. He fought in and survived the Somme, Ypres and Passchendaele, experiencing the conflict of the typical soldier – the camaraderie, the humour, the grief, and specially the mindless, mechanised brutality – all less than the tension of years of relentless artillery fireplace. Now, because of Thomas Dilworth's painstaking examine, together with rankings of private interviews, Jones's tale may be advised intimately. Accompanying the textual content are photos of Jones and his wartime sketches and writings, many formerly unpublished, and 7 absolutely rendered drawings now not noticeable because the conflict. The quick drawn pencil sketches of soldiers, landscapes, ruined villages and nonetheless- lifes carry the tale to lifestyles as works of documentary realism.

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