{"product_id":"9780241953297-a-moment-of-war","title":"A Moment of War","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author was still a young man when he decided to fight for the Republican cause in Spain's civil war. But though he braved icy, storm-swept mountains alone to contact Republican sympathisers, he was immediately suspected of being a Nationalist spy. This title tells the story of his experiences as a Republican soldier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Moment of War\u003c\/i\u003e is the powerful and harrowing final book in Laurie Lee's acclaimed trilogy that began with \u003ci\u003eCider with Rosie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurie Lee was still a young man when he decided to fight for the Republican cause in Spain's civil war. But though he braved icy, storm-swept mountains alone to contact Republican sympathisers, he was immediately suspected of being a Nationalist spy. Imprisoned and almost executed by his own side, he eventually joined the International Brigade. This is the story of his experiences as a Republican soldier, fighting for the losing side in a doomed war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A great, heart-stopping narrative of one young Englishman's part in the war in Spain . crafted by a poet, stamping an indelible image of the boredom, random cruelty and stupidity of war' - \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e                                 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This story aches with unforgotten cold and trembles with unforgotten terror' -\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e                                    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurie Lee has written some of the best-loved travel books in the English language. Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 1914, he was educated at Slad village school and Stroud Central School. At the age of nineteen he walked to London and then travelled on foot through Spain, where he was trapped by the outbreak of the Civil War. He later returned by crossing the Pyrenees, as he recounted in\u003ci\u003e A Moment of War\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1950 he married Catherine Polge and they had one daughter. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurie Lee published four collections of poems: \u003ci\u003eThe Sun My Monument\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), \u003ci\u003eThe Bloom of Candles\u003c\/i\u003e (1947), \u003ci\u003eMy Many-Coated Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1955) and \u003ci\u003ePocket Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1960). His other works include \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage of Magellan\u003c\/i\u003e (1948), \u003ci\u003eA Rose for Winter\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), \u003ci\u003eThe Firstborn\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eI Can't Stay Long\u003c\/i\u003e (1975) and \u003ci\u003eTwo Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1983). He also wrote three bestselling volumes of autobiography: \u003ci\u003eCider with Rosie\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), which has sold over six million copies worldwide, \u003ci\u003eAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning\u003c\/i\u003e (1969) and \u003ci\u003eA Moment of War\u003c\/i\u003e (1991). He died in May 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449646395766,"sku":"9780241953297","price":7.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32282012.jpg?v=1760446297","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241953297-a-moment-of-war","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}