Presentation of the book the great war. Brits on the seven Municipalities Platea

Presentation of the book " the great war. Brits on the seven Municipalities Plateau ' " Andrea Vollman's Francesco Brazzale, Asiago and Saturday December 29, 2012

Continues the series of events organized by the library laws and Dreams of Asiago during the Christmas holidays.

Saturday, December 29, 2012, at the library, will host the presentation of the book the great war ". Brits on the seven Municipalities Plateau '".

This book was written by Andrea Vollman and Francesco Brazzale; the two authors will be featured in the library during the evening.

The presentation of the book will be given to Frances Church.

Early hours 20:45 at the library located along the Corso IV Novembre.

THE PLOT OF THE BOOK

In 1918, the Prince of Wales stay in Villa Godi in Lugo di Vicenza, and from Villaverla stands up in flight on a Bristol Fighter piloted by ' Canadian ACE William George Barker; in 1923 the real d ' England visiting the Villa, having paid tribute to the fallen British in the cemeteries of ' plateau.

In 1922, Vera Brittain, famous English writer, reaches to Granezza the tomb of his brother Edward, fallen in San Sisto during the battle of Solstizio and decides that l ' Plateau will be its final resting place; in 1970 his ashes are scattered around the tombstone by his daughter Shirley.

In Paris, a stone found in a cellar revealed an epitaph dedicated to Dinks, killed accidentally in July 1918; England and Scotland are fond of their mascot to erect a grave. Was just Dinks " " a baboon. Minimal stories intertwine with famous names, unknown British military leave notes like Norman Gladden, Vera Brittain, Hugh Dalton.

The Tommies (as they were called the foot soldiers of British Army ') are fighting like lions along the Val d Assa ', and in Paris, wine and whisky were Dim, pretend to buy a policeman's hat, or drown in irrigation ditch towards London; fragments of everyday life tangled epic moments.