THE INVISIBLE CROSS: ONE FRONTLINE OFFICER, THREE YEARS IN THE TRENCHES, A REMARKABLE UNTOLD STORY

Book ID/图书代码： 05380016B90267

English Summary/英文概要： Colonel Graham Chaplin, commander of the Cameron Highlanders, wrote letters from the trenches almost daily to the wife he had married just before the war began. Even if he had no time to write, he would at least send a postcard to reassure her he was ’Quite well’. These personal and loving letters give a rare insight into the mind of a serving officer, his worries about his men and his family back home, his concern for the progress of the war (however cautiously phrased) and his comments on the growing list of friends dead or wounded.

Most startling of all though, these letter finally reveal the shocking truth of why it was that a man endorsed by so many of his fellow officers, and respected and trusted by his men, wasn’t promoted out of the trenches until 1917 - the only officer to whom this happened.

Davidson analyses Chaplin’s unique status and weaves around his letters a fascinating portrait of a soldier’s life and of the war on the Western Front.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 卡梅伦高地的指挥官Graham Chaplin上校几乎每天都会在战壕里给战争爆发前新婚不久的妻子写信。即使他没时间写信，也会寄一张明信片报个平安。这些非常私人的情书从罕见的视角揭示了现役军人的内心世界——担心自己的士兵、担心后方的家人、担心战争的进程（措辞非常仔细）以及他对不断增加的死亡或受伤的朋友的各种评论。最震惊的地方在于，这些信件最终揭示了这位备受尊敬、信赖和推崇的军官为什么直到1917年才获得晋升并从战壕里出来。Davidson分析了Cahplin特殊的地位，并将他的信件交织其中，生动描绘了士兵的人生和西部战线的战况。(LYR)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Andrew Davidson，获奖记者，著有4部非虚构类图书，包括《弗雷德的战争》，讲述了作者的爷爷在战壕里担任军医的人生历程。他住在肯特郡的锡辛赫斯特附近。

Andrew Davidson is an award-winning journalist and the author of four previous non-fiction books, including Fred’s War (Short Books, 2013), an account of his grandfather’s life as a doctor in the trenches. He lives near Sissinghurst in Kent.

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