A Crown of Life: World of John McCrae by Graves, Dianne - 1997

Spellmount Publishers Ltd., 1997. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

History Press Limited, The. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Spellmount, 1997. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Gift inscription on the endpaper from the author 'to all the staff at the RBL Poppy Factory, with thanks and appreciation, Dianne Graves, 7 November 1997' Tightly bound and gently read. No torn, loose or missing pages.The jacket has some light edge wear but no tears or loss. Book about the soldier- poet-doctor John McCrae whose famous poem 'In Flanders Field' is associated with Remembrance Day.

A Crown of Life: World of John McCrae, Dianne Graves. Published by Spellmount Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, 1997. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 300pp. with photographs, maps and drawings. Red cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Volume is in fine, unmarked condition; front board has a tiny dent; unclipped jacket has very light shelf wear.
Born in Canada, McCrae served in the South African War before carving out a career as an eminent doctor. It was during the Great War, while serving in 1915 as both an artillery and medical officer in the Second Battle of Ypres, that he wrote his famous poem In Flanders Fields, that was inspirational in the adoption of the poppy as the symbol of remembrance.Set against a background of nearly half a century of history, Dianne Graves brings alive in fascinating detail John McCrae and his world; some of the people he knew and met among them Rudyard Kipling, Leo Amery, Sir Alexander Fleming, and Stephen Leacock, the threads that linked their lives; and the story… Read More