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The Poppy: A Cultural History from Ancient Egypt to Flanders Fields to Afghanistan
The Poppy A Cultural History from Ancient Egypt to Flanders Fields to Afghanistan
Author: Nicholas J. Saunders
In the aftermath of the horrific trench warfare of the First World War, the poppy – sprouting across the killing fields of France and Belgium, then immortalised in John McCrae’s moving poem – became a worldwide icon. Yet the poppy has a longer history, as the tell-tale sign of human cultivation of the land, of the ravages of wa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781851687053
ISBN-10: 185168705X
Publication Date: 10/17/2013
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Book Type: Hardcover
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