A young French painter writes to his mother from the trenches through the autumn and winter of 1914 and into 1915. He records the landscape, the dawn light on the fields, his comrades and the daily strain with an artist’s eye and a calm, deeply spiritual acceptance. André Chevrillon and Arthur Clutton-Brock introduce the letters.
A luminous, moving document of the First World War and of a young life given to it. Download the free EPUB.