Edward Wyndham Tennant

When Edward Wyndham Tennant, a brilliant young officer and poet, was killed on the Western Front in 1916, his mother responded with a memoir of piercing honesty and love. A young life, abruptly ended. In this deeply felt portrait, Pamela Glenconner traces her son’s brief journey from childhood in early 20th century Britain to the mud and fire of war, creating a world war one memoir book that is both a british soldier biography book and a mother’s memoir of her son as a British officer on the Western Front.Drawing on family recollections, letters and his own verses, Glenconner honours Edward as both a promising writer and a dutiful officer, allowing readers to encounter him in his own words and through a mother’s clear-eyed remembrance. The result stands as a british war poetry book and a fallen soldier remembrance story, but also as a grief and loss memoir in which private sorrow is set against the ordeal of the trenches, making it invaluable for military history readers and world war one researchers.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector’s item and a cultural treasure. Presented with care for readers of Rupert Brooke and fans of Wilfred Owen, this volume appeals equally to casual lovers of biography, those drawn to the literature of the Great War, and collectors seeking a significant, enduring work from the heart of Britain’s wartime generation.