A Dear and Noble Boy: The Life and Letters of Louis Stokes, 1897-1916

Stokes, Louis

ISBN 10: 0850524253 / ISBN 13: 9780850524253

Published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 1994

About this Item

8VO. hardback in unclipped dust jacket. IX+190 pages. illustrations. overall, near fine copy in likewise dust jacket. extra postage may apply to overseas orders. all orders are packaged in a sturdy book box.

Seller Inventory # 00106-C049

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Dear and Noble Boy: The Life and Letters of Louis Stokes, 1897-1916
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850524253
• ISBN 13: 9780850524253
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography/Autobiography

About this title

Synopsis

Louis Stokes was a pupil at Rugby School between 1911 and 1915 before he met his death on the Somme in November 1916. His letters, published in this volume, offer an insight into this typical transition from cloistered public school to the horrors of trench warfare on the Western Front.

From the Back Cover

Louis Stokes was not an outstanding scholar, nor did he meet with a glorious death, but his letters are a fitting memorial to the generation of schoolboys who lost their lives in the Great War.