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 Cowards - Marcus Sedgwick
Newest Review: ... through a station in the dead of night. We know they are on the train only by the scribbled note that they throw onto the ... more  ... platform as the train races by. As the story progresses we learn why they have had to go to such desperate means to try to get a message to their families. We also learn about what happened to men such as these.
After the introduction of the Military Service Act of 1916 conscription began - rather than volunteering to join the army men were "called up" whether they wished to fight or not. Men like the two characters in Cowards, and several hundred other young men in Britain, were called and called but ...more |
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Cowards - Marcus Sedgwick: Oh, What a Lovely War? (852 words)
by - written on 18/02/08 (Very useful, 171 readings)
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Some books wouldn't have been written several years ago! Some books deal with subjects that make some people feel uncomfortable. This is one of those books - Cowards; The True Story of Men Who Refused to Fight is a story of the First World War. It doesn't tell of the glory of heroes or the honour of fighting for your country. There is no glamorisation of War in Marcus Sedgwick's novel - this is a true story of conscientious objectors, using facts and simple language, it encourages the reader to think about their own attitude to war. In his introduction Sedgwick says that he chose the title in a bid to be provocative. He also says that it was a book he had ... Read the complete review
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