This new book by Owen biographer Dr Guy Cuthbertson uses letters, diaries and newspapers to build an hour-by-hour account of 11 November 1918, the day that brought the First World War to an end with the signing of the Armistice on the 11th hour of the 11th month of 1918.
A number of previous accounts have examined the military and political events of that day, but this new book looks in hour-by-hour detail at ‘how the people of Britain experienced the moment that peace became a reality’.
Further details of the book are on the Yale University Press’s website, here.
Guy Cuthbertson is also author of Wilfred Owen (Yale, 2014). He edited Edward Thomas’s Autobiographies (Oxford, 2011), co-edited Thomas’s England and Wales (Oxford, 2011), and Branch-Lines: Edward Thomas and Contemporary Poetry (Enitharmon, 2007). He studied at St Andrews and Oxford universities, and is an Associate Professor at Liverpool Hope University.
On Thursday 1 November 2018 6.30 p.m. to 7.45 p.m. Guy Cuthbertson will give the this year’s Chatterton Lecture on Poetry, titled ‘I should want nothing more: Edward Thomas and Simplicity’. The lecture will be given at the British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH. Admission is free but seats must be reserved in advance. For details and to book visit: https://www.britac.ac.uk/events/edward-thomas-and-simplicity.
