The Army of Death

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Army of Death by Charles Hamilton Sorley. Read in English by Carol Box; Claudia Salto; CaprishaPage; Drew Johnson; David Lawrence; Ernst Pattynama; fshort; Jason Mills; wracker; Jannie Meisberger; Julia Niedermaier; Joe Weinmunson; Lee Ann Howlett; Mike Vendetti; Phil Schempf; Peter Yearsley; Ruth Golding; ravenotation; Ravi Shankar; Sean Grabosky; Savannah; Winston Tharp Captain Sorley was among 16 Great War poets commemorated in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. The inscription was written by Wilfred Owen. It reads: "My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity." This is regarded as one of Sorley's finest poems, and was discovered in his kit after his death. (Summary by Ruth Golding) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (14MB)

Directors & creators

Charles Hamilton Sorley

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;death; World War I; WWI; war; World War One; war poet; war poetry; Great War; war poems

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