A review by spennock
Some Desperate Glory: The First World War the Poets Knew by Max Egremont

4.0

Some Desperate Glory written in 2014 celebrates the one hundred year anniversary of the start of WWI by showcasing the work of the British poets who expressed their complex feelings about the war through their poetry. The author divides the book into the years of the war 1914-1918 and gives a brief overview of the war related events of the year along with a selection of the poems written during that year. I found the book to be interesting and poignant as the facts about the battles and trench warfare are juxtaposed with the often heart wrenching poems about the brutality of the war and the suffering of the soldiers as they endeavored to fulfill their obligation to their country.