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Muse of Fire by Michael Korda is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Muse of Fire about?
The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets in Michael Korda's epic Muse of Fire.Michael Korda, the best-selling author of Hero and Alone, tells the story of the First World War not in any conventional way but through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets who came to describe it best, and indeed to symbolize the war's tragic arc and lethal fury.His epic narrative begins with Rupert Brooke, "the handsomest young man in England" and perhaps its most famous young poet in the halcyon days of the Edwardian Age, and ends five years later with Wilfred Owen, killed in action at twenty-five, only one week before the armistice. With bitter irony, Owen's mother received the telegram informing her of his death on November 11, just as church bells tolled to celebrate the war's end.Korda's dramatic account, which includes anecdotes from his own family history, not only brings to life the soldier...
Who reads Muse of Fire?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Michael Korda
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy
- Rating
- 3.61 / 5 (539 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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