Lord Dunsany brings his lucid and magical prose to the subject of the harsh realities of war by providing a series of vignettes that are at times grim and grounded but also at times eerie and fantastical. Summary by Ben Tucker.
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Episodes
The Prayer of the Men of Daleswood
Episode 1 · 12:33
The Road
Episode 2 · 5:02
An Imperial Monument
Episode 3 · 5:03
A Walk to the Trenches
Episode 4 · 5:10
A Walk in Picardy
Episode 5 · 4:38
What Happened on the Night of the Twenty-Seventh
Episode 6 · 5:56
Standing To
Episode 7 · 2:55
The Splendid Traveller
Episode 8 · 7:44
Shells
Episode 9 · 5:22
Two Degrees of Envy
Episode 10 · 3:48
The Master of No Man’s Land
Episode 11 · 2:59
Weeds and Wire
Episode 12 · 3:34
Spring in England and Flanders
Episode 13 · 3:39
The Nightmare Countries
Episode 14 · 4:46
Spring and the Kaiser
Episode 15 · 2:53
Two Songs
Episode 16 · 3:10
The Punishment
Episode 17 · 7:59
The English Spirit
Episode 18 · 5:35
An Investigation Into the Causes and Origin of the War