Nicholas J. Saunders

The Poppy: A Cultural History from Ancient Egypt to Flanders Fields to Afghanistan

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A renowned archaeologist and unrivalled expert on WWI history unravels the origins of the poppy - a story that is at turns tragic, provocative, eye-opening and ultimately uplifting. The Royal British Legion will promote the book heavily through its website, events and membership publications.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-85168-705-3
EAN: 9781851687053
Produktnummer: 8098075
Verlag: Oneworld Pubn
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B16.3 cm x D2.8 cm 567 g
Auflage: New
Gewicht: 567

Über den Autor

Nicholas J. Saunders is the world's leading authority on the archaeology of the First World War. A lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, he undertook the first-ever study of the Great War's material culture and anthropology during his tenure as a British Academy Senior Research Fellow, and his exhibition of trench art from the war was for five years a centrepiece of the 'In Flanders Fields' Museum in Ypres, Belgium. The author of more than twenty books and dozens of academic monographs, including Killing Time, Alexander's Tomb and Trench Art, he has appeared in numerous documentaries for the BBC, the National Geographic Channel, and the History Channel. He lives in Bristol.