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War's Embers

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A collection of poems by the Gloucestershire-born English poet Ivor Gurney describing his feelings about the First World War, during which he served on the Western Front and was wounded by a mustard gas attack, and its aftermath. - Summary by Alan Mapstone (1 hr 37 min)

Chapters

Dedication

1:40

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Volunteer

1:19

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Farm

3:32

Read by Alan Mapstone

Omens

1:14

Read by Alan Mapstone

Eternal Treasure

1:33

Read by nighthawks

Fire in the Dusk

1:46

Read by Larry Wilson

Turmut-Hoeing

1:12

Read by Stefan Von Blon

In a Ward

1:06

Read by Joanna Michal Hoyt

Camps

2:20

Read by nighthawks

Girl's Song

0:58

Read by Erin Stone

Solace of Men

1:23

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Day-Boys and Choristers

2:57

Read by Alan Mapstone

At Reserve Depot

1:00

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Toasts and Memories

1:30

Read by Alan Mapstone

From the Window

1:05

Read by Joanna Michal Hoyt

Ypres-Minsterworth

1:36

Read by Alan Mapstone

Near Midsummer

2:12

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Toussaints

1:27

Read by Joanna Michal Hoyt

The Stone Breaker

2:03

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Drifting Leaves

1:43

Read by mleigh

Contrasts

2:12

Read by Bruce Kachuk

To F.W.H

1:04

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Immortal Hour

1:20

Read by Larry Wilson

To His Love

1:02

Read by Erin Stone

Migrants

1:26

Read by czandra

Old Martinmas Eve

0:55

Read by Larry Wilson

After Music

1:20

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Target

1:35

Read by Stefan Von Blon

Twigworth Vicarage

1:28

Read by Alan Mapstone

Hospital Pictures: 1. Ladies of Charity

1:50

Read by Alan Mapstone

2. Dust

1:43

Read by Kerry Adams

3. "Aberdonian"

1:19

Read by Kerry Adams

4. Companion-North-East Dugout

1:15

Read by Kerry Adams

5. The Miner

0:47

Read by czandra

6. Upstairs Piano

2:54

Read by Erin Stone

Hidden Tales

1:07

Read by Darrell Nobles

Recompense

1:24

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Tryst

1:11

Read by czandra

The Plain

1:09

Read by Stefan Von Blon

Rumours of War

1:33

Read by Alan Mapstone

"On Rest"

5:12

Read by Alan Mapstone

Dicky

1:14

Read by nighthawks

The Day of Victory

4:53

Read by Alan Mapstone

Passionate Earth

1:14

Read by mleigh

The Poplar

0:57

Read by czandra

Down Commercial Road (Gloucester)

2:01

Read by Alan Mapstone

From Omiecourt

0:47

Read by czandra

Le Coq Francais

1:49

Read by czandra

The Fisherman of Newnham

1:23

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Lock-Keeper

2:16

Read by mleigh

The Revellers

1:19

Read by Steve Nelson

"Annie Laurie"

1:23

Read by Peter John Keeble

The Battalion is Now on Rest

1:28

Read by Alan Mapstone

Photographs

2:00

Read by Peter John Keeble

That County

1:17

Read by Alan Mapstone

Interval

1:19

Read by Peter John Keeble

De Profundis

2:26

Read by Larry Wilson

The Tower

2:13

Read by Alan Mapstone