Description
Edited by Lizzie MacGregor
Poems of Scotland at War 1914-1918
This is the story of Scotland at war, written in the poetry of the time in English, Gaelic and Scots, by servicemen, volunteers and those on the home front. Well-known soldier poets such as Charles Hamilton Sorley, E.A. MacIntosh, Domhnall Ruadh Choruna and Joseph Lee are joined by others who fought with their pens to chronicle and comment on the war, among them Mary Symon, Neil Munro and Margaret Sachville.
This book follows the war as it develops year by year, and takes us from the very first “Sough o’ War” sweeping through the land to the despair of the trenches and the anguish of the bereaved; from unexpected humour and comradeship, to women at work and men shattered by conflict; from the appalling tragedies of Gretna and the Iolaire, to post-war sorrow for a generation cast into the fire.
