Clara, the main character in 21 Aldgate came to the home of Paul Maze to assist him in writing his memoir A Frenchman in Khaki, an account of his experiences in The Great War. Clara loved poetry. She knew the poems of the War Poets - the famous one written in May 1915 by John McCrae
In Flanders field the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place;and in the sky
The Larks still bravely sing and fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
Two verses follow .... ending with:
The torch be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields......
And all these years later we continue our wars 'while poppies grow in Flanders field.'
A story of class distinction, a people and their traditions, a family and its fate, a country and its fight against fascism, and a woman with a secret she must take to the grave.
Friday, November 12, 2010
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Based on True-Life Characters and Events
Two people from opposite ends of the class and cultural divide who find themselves drawn to each other, during one of the darkest periods of modern history. Their relationship is defined by these troubled times.
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