The Poppy Factory

Author : Liz Trenow
Publisher : Avon Books
ISBN 13 : 9780007510481
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poppy Factory written by Liz Trenow and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating story of two young women, bound together by the tragedy of two very different wars. With the end of the First World War, Rose is looking forward to welcoming home her beloved husband, Alfie, from the battlefields. But his return is not what Rose had expected. Traumatised by what he has seen, the Alfie who comes home is a different man to the one Rose married. As he struggles to cope with life in peacetime, Rose wrestles with temptation as the man she fell in love with seems lost forever. Many years later, Jess returns from her final tour of Afghanistan. Haunted by nightmares from her time at the front, her longed-for homecoming is a disaster and she wonders if her life will ever be the same again. Can comfort come through her great-grandmother Rose's diaries? For Jess and Rose, the realities of war have terrible consequences. Can the Poppy Factory, set up to help injured soldiers, rescue them both from the heartache of war?

Author : William Fairchild
Publisher : Orbit Books
ISBN 13 : 9780708842225
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poppy Factory written by William Fairchild and published by Orbit Books. This book was released on 1989-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lady Haig's Poppy Factory, 1926-1976 written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Heather Johnson
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399073753
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poppy Lady written by Heather Johnson and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madame Anna Guérin is the fascinating personality behind the title ‘The Poppy Lady’. Her idea of the ‘Inter-Allied Poppy Day’ gave work to women and children in the devastated areas of France, in addition to offering support for First World War veterans. Born in 1878, she was an early feminist, becoming financially independent. During the First World War, and the immediate years after the Armistice, many people knew of Madame Guérin’s reputation as a selfless fundraiser for French and American charities. Her speeches inspired many people to make generous donations. Having had her name lost in the mists of time, this is the first biography of Madame E. Guérin. The book follows her extraordinary story as ‘The Poppy Lady’, a woman born before her time, but confined to anonymity for too long.

Author : William Fairchild
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780747500629
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poppy Factory written by William Fairchild and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Colt revolver and a faded manuscript left by General Garrard to his grandson revealing the most closely guarded secrets of the First World War act as the starting point of this novel. The manuscript tells of a particular madness bred from a greater insanity; of how soldiers of opposing races and creeds chose to exist like groups of half-crazed animals in caverns far beneath the scarred earth rather than continue to slaughter one another on the battlefields above.;The effects of war on people is the major theme, dealing with the ordinary and extraordinary, the brave and the fearful, and the good and the bad. The General's grandson is left with one remaining question, whose answer comes from the most unexpected source of all.

Author : Nicholas J. Saunders
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780741855
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poppy written by Nicholas J. Saunders and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of the horrific trench warfare of the First World War, the poppy – sprouting across the killing fields of France and Belgium, then immortalised in John McCrae’s moving poem – became a worldwide icon. Yet the poppy has a longer history, as the tell-tale sign of human cultivation of the land, of the ravages of war and of the desire to escape the earthly realm through inspired Romantic opium dreams or the grim reality of morphine drips. This is a story spanning three thousand years, from the ancient Egyptian fights over prized medicinal potions to the addicted veterans returning home from the American Civil War, from the British political machinations during the Opium Wars with China to the struggle to end Afghanistan’s tribal narcotics trade. Through it all, there stands the transformative poppy. Nicholas J. Saunders brings us the definitive history of this ever-enduring but humble flower of the fields, a story that is at turns tragic, eye-opening and, most essentially, life-affirming – a gift to us all.

Author : Chris McNab
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750989556
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of the Poppy written by Chris McNab and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Remembrance Poppy is a haunting reminder of the ultimate cost of war. Worn by millions around the world every year, the Poppy compels us to remember war's dead, wounded and bereaved, regardless of nationality or conflict. As we reflect on the centenary of the First World War, this book charts the history of the Remembrance Poppy, from its origins in the battle-tortured landscape of Flanders in 1915 to its enduring relevance in the present day. It sets the Poppy in its context of tragedy and sacrifice, always acknowledging that our war dead are gone, but not forgotten.

Author : Michael Morpurgo
Publisher : Scholastic UK
ISBN 13 : 1407188801
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poppy Field written by Michael Morpurgo and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new wartime classic from two legends of children's literature! Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman have teamed up with the British Legion to tell a new story inspired by the history of the poppy. When John McCrae wrote his famous poem "In Flanders Field" among the trenches of war-torn Belgium, neither he nor a local village girl who saves a discarded draft of it could know what enormous power that poem would have on generations to come.

Author : Brian Harding
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 0850528267
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keeping Faith written by Brian Harding and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1990-12-31 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the millions who had fought in the Great War, and for their families, the 'land fit for heroes' turned out to be an illusion; instead there was suffering and deprivation. Out of this, on 1 July 1921 was born the British Legion. In the years that followed the Legion fought for justice for the ex-service community, meanwhile seeking to protect them. It introduced the Poppy Appeal and insisted on an annual act of national Remembrance for the fallen. It went to extraordinary lengths to try to prevent another war, ultimately finding itself in controversial discussions with Hitler. Even after the Second World War the Legion's work was far from over; the war-disabled and the war widows seemed to have been forgotten in the new welfare state. Remembrance itself appeared to be under threat as the memory of war receded. There were more battles to be fought, while conflicts such as the Gulf War brought fresh problems. Perhaps most inspiring is the human aspect. Those who have done the Legion's work represent every class of society, from admirals and former private soldiers to poppy collectors. But they have one thing in common: compassion for all who have suffered in the service of the country. This is their story too.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of the Poppy written by United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: