The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon Patches also deceased

also deceased

and dispelled Britain’s island sense of security

A memoir of astonishing power

by Charlie Connelly

that struggled to capitalize on its victories

The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon Patches also deceasedDescription By Siegfried Sassoon Paperback Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC (8 September 1886 1 September 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal