In this First World War memoir, the poet and author records his experiences as an infantryman subaltern in France and Flanders, telling of the endurance, heroism and depair found among the men of his batallion. The selection of Blunden's poems show how he found hope in the natural landscape.

In this First World War memoir, the poet and author records his experiences as an infantryman subaltern in France and Flanders, telling of the endurance, heroism and depair found among the men of his batallion. The selection of Blunden's poems show how he found hope in the natural landscape.