'My subject is War, and the pity of War', wrote First World War poet Wilfred Owen, yet for Rupert Brooke war was a matter of pride, not pity. Sometimes war might even be a vehicle for humour. Whether it's battle hymn or lament, silent reverie or marching song, all aspects of war and peace are to be found in this anthology of classic poetry and prose.

 

There are 176 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2004 by Icon Books Ltd .

Kate Agnew: Kate Agnew read English at the University of Oxford, UK, has chaired the Children's Booksellers Association and has served as a judge for the Smarties Award and the Whitbread Prize. Jacqueline Wilson: Jacqueline Wilson, OBE, is a best-selling, multi award-winning children's author. Michael Morpurgo has brought together poems by writers as diverse as Spike Milligan and Stevie Smith, John Lennon and Jo Shapcott.

This book has the following chapters: Includes poems by Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Hardy, Blake, Browning, Tennyson, Tacitus, Marvell and Milton as well as extracts from Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice and the Bible.