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Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man

1960290 pagesFolio Society

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Step into the early life of a young man in England before the Great War. This fictional autobiography, penned by renowned poet Siegfried Sassoon, offers a unique look at a bygone era. Follow his experiences, including the world of fox hunting, as he navigates his youth leading up to a global conflict.

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Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal point for dissent within the armed forces when he made a lone protest against the continuation of the war in his "Soldier's...

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