Your death would be mine : Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War /

A young peasant couple from southwest France wed just prior to to war's eruption in 1914 is forced to conduct their marriage mostly by correspondence. Civilians and combatants alike maintained bonds of emotional commitment and suffered the inevitable miseries of extended absence. Against the ge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hanna, Martha
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Pireaud, Paul.
Pireaud, Marie.
Pireaud, Marie
Pireaud, Paul
1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 > France > Biography.
Soldiers > France > Biography.
Army spouses > France > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > France > Biographies.
Militaires > Conjoints > France > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Army spouses
Soldiers
Weltkrieg > 1914-1918
Eerste Wereldoorlog.
Soldaten.
Echtgenoten.
Briefwisseling.
France
Frankrijk.
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:A young peasant couple from southwest France wed just prior to to war's eruption in 1914 is forced to conduct their marriage mostly by correspondence. Civilians and combatants alike maintained bonds of emotional commitment and suffered the inevitable miseries of extended absence. Against the general background of the World War I, their letters reveal how war transformed their lives, reinforced their love and permanently altered the character of rural France.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 341 pages) : maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-332) and index.
ISBN:9780674038271
0674038274

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