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When the guns fall silent

by Riordan, James

World War, 1914-1918GrandfathersReminiscing in old ageSoldiersChristmas Truce, 1914ArmisticesFiction

Jack Loveless attempts to avert his grandson's questions about his role in World War I by taking him to visit the battlefield graveyards in France. While there he meets a German soldier from the past and vividly remembers the Christmas truce, a miraculous moment when the guns fell silent and horrors of war were temporarily forgotten in a football match.

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Book data: Open Library