{"product_id":"9781840465709","title":"War and Peace: A Collection of Classic Poetry and Prose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"It is through the literature you'll find in this book that we can all come to a closer understanding of war, how it is to fight it, to live through it, the pain and the pity of it. Only with this kind of understanding universally shared can we one day perhaps really make war a thing of the past.\"—Michael Morpurgo, from his introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"In Flanders Fields\" by John McCrae (1872–1918):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Flanders fields the poppies blow\u003cbr\u003eBetween the crosses, row on row,\u003cbr\u003eThat mark our place; and in the sky\u003cbr\u003eThe larks, still bravely singing, fly\u003cbr\u003eScarce heard amid the guns below.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected especially for younger readers, \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of easily accessible yet highly moving poems and prose passages selected from sources ranging from the Bible to the poets of World War I, including some of the best-loved pieces of American literature. Here are poets and writers who came face to face with the terror, the triumph, and the pity of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom William Blake to Wilfred Owen and Walt Whitman, from Agincourt to Waterloo, and from the \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, this compelling anthology shows the power and the sadness of war, its glories and its miseries thoughtfully set against the calm tranquility of peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Icon Books, Ltd. UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037979230448,"sku":"9781840465709","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781840465709_p0.jpg?v=1763740123","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781840465709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}