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...
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
Synopsis
This semi-autobiographical novel follows George Sherston, a decorated English soldier, through the brutal realities of World War I. After experiencing the horrors of trench warfare and being wounded, Sherston returns home, where his disillusionment with the conflict leads him to publicly denounce the war. His journey explores the psychological toll of combat and offers a poignant critique of the British military establishment and class-defined society during wartime.
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George SherstonProtagonist
Siegfried SassoonProtagonist
David CromlechSupporting
Robert GravesSupporting
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Memoirs of an Infantry OfficerPaperback, Dec
336 pages
Simon PublicationsISBN: 97819313138105 editions available
