Great War In Portraits Kate Lee that have shaped Britain and

that have shaped Britain and the world  over the past thousand years

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Great War In Portraits Kate Lee that have shaped Britain andIn viewing the Great War through the portraits of those involved, Paul Moorhouse looks at the bitter sweet nature of a conflict in which valour and selfless endeavour were qualified by disaster and suffering, and examines the notion of identity how various individuals associated with the war were represented and perceived. The narrative is structured chronologically, with thematic sections devoted to conflicting pairs `Royalty and the Assassin',