Skipper's War

Dragon School, Oxford & The Great War

AvDesmond Devitt

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd

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Beskrivning

Charles ‘Skipper’ Lynam, the celebrated preparatory school headmaster at the Dragon School, Oxford, during the First World War, inspired a generation of his pupils as they found themselves caught up in the conflict. This book tells the story of the school’s wartime years and the various fronts on which its boys were involved. It traces the roots of a school founded by Oxford dons for their children, its idiosyncratic ways and the extraordinary relationship Skipper Lynam forged with his boys, some of whom (in former pupil John Betjeman’s words) ‘lost their lives for King and Country and the Dragon School’.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-01-01
Mått:160 x 240 x 35 mm
Vikt:694 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
Medarbetare:Rory Stewart
ISBN:9781785513039

Utforska kategorier

Första världskriget inom Historia och arkeologi
Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Skolan och förskolan inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Desmond Devitt has brought the Dragon School’s untapped archive material to life in his successful blog The Skipper’s War.

Innehållsförteckning

FOREWORD Rory StewartPREFACE CHAPTER 1 Summer Term 1917CHAPTER 2 The Oxford Preparatory SchoolCHAPTER 3 Growth and DevelopmentCHAPTER 4 1914: The Clouds DescendCHAPTER 5 ‘Over by Christmas’?CHAPTER 6 The Western FrontCHAPTER 7 Summer 1915CHAPTER 8 The Gallipoli CampaignCHAPTER 9 The Winter of 1915–16CHAPTER 10 The War at SeaCHAPTER 11 The Battle of the SommeCHAPTER 12 ‘The School-house afar …’CHAPTER 13 War in the AirCHAPTER 14 1917/18 – The Losses MountCHAPTER 15 The Road to VictoryCHAPTER 16 ‘Too Many Empty Chairs’EPILOGUE AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 287ENDNOTES INDEX CREDITS CAPTIONS