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For Every Sailor Afloat, Every Soldier at the Front

- Princess Mary’s Christmas Gift 1914
Af: Peter Doyle Engelsk Hardback

For Every Sailor Afloat, Every Soldier at the Front

- Princess Mary’s Christmas Gift 1914
Af: Peter Doyle Engelsk Hardback
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In 1914, Princess Mary, the only daughter of King George V, was just 17. Yet with the world war two months old, the young princess was destined to make her mark. She would send a Christmas gift to all those serving in uniform, ‘afloat and at the front.’ With great determination, she set about her task to provide her gift to all those on active service. For Every Sailor Afloat, Every Soldier at the Front is the first time the full story of the princess’s gift has been told. Using original sources, texts and archives, and illustrating original surviving objects, this book unfolds the true story of the fund and its wider meaning, set, as it is, in the context of hope as provided by the unofficial Truce in No Man’s Land that has been so well documented. Princess Mary’s gift was extremely sophisticated; great pains were taken to ensure that the needs of its recipients were met, based on ethnicity, gender, religious observance and personal preference – the Gift Committee was way ahead of its time. By 1919, some 2.7 million people from across the British Empire had received the gift. Well-illustrated and fully sourced, this book will provide those interested in the first Christmas of the War a greater perspective of the achievements of its founder, of the meaning of the gift to the recipients, and of the nature of the gift itself, such that prevailing myths and misunderstandings of its constituents and recipients will be resolved.
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In 1914, Princess Mary, the only daughter of King George V, was just 17. Yet with the world war two months old, the young princess was destined to make her mark. She would send a Christmas gift to all those serving in uniform, ‘afloat and at the front.’ With great determination, she set about her task to provide her gift to all those on active service. For Every Sailor Afloat, Every Soldier at the Front is the first time the full story of the princess’s gift has been told. Using original sources, texts and archives, and illustrating original surviving objects, this book unfolds the true story of the fund and its wider meaning, set, as it is, in the context of hope as provided by the unofficial Truce in No Man’s Land that has been so well documented. Princess Mary’s gift was extremely sophisticated; great pains were taken to ensure that the needs of its recipients were met, based on ethnicity, gender, religious observance and personal preference – the Gift Committee was way ahead of its time. By 1919, some 2.7 million people from across the British Empire had received the gift. Well-illustrated and fully sourced, this book will provide those interested in the first Christmas of the War a greater perspective of the achievements of its founder, of the meaning of the gift to the recipients, and of the nature of the gift itself, such that prevailing myths and misunderstandings of its constituents and recipients will be resolved.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 176
ISBN-13: 9781913491536
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1913491536
Kategori: Første verdenskrig
Udg. Dato: 16 aug 2021
Længde: 29mm
Bredde: 215mm
Højde: 153mm
Forlag: Unicorn Publishing Group
Oplagsdato: 16 aug 2021
Forfatter(e): Peter Doyle
Forfatter(e) Peter Doyle

Kategori Første verdenskrig

ISBN-13 9781913491536

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 176

Udgave

Længde 29mm

Bredde 215mm

Højde 153mm

Udg. Dato 16 aug 2021

Oplagsdato 16 aug 2021

Forlag Unicorn Publishing Group

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