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The War Poems

Siegfried Sassoon, Rupert Hart-Davis · 1983 · Book

Sassoon's searing verses capture the brutal reality and bitter disillusionment of the First World War. Essential reading for anyone seeking unflinching poetry about conflict and its human cost.

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