Private Peaceful
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Soldat Peaceful est un roman de Michael Morpurgo destiné à un public d'adolescents. Il a été publié pour la première fois en Angleterre en 2003 sous le titre de Private Peaceful par Collins (filiale de Harper Collins Publishers Ltd). Traduit en français par Diane Ménard, il a été publié en 2004 par les éditions Gallimard Jeunesse.
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Private Peaceful is a novel for older children by British author Michael Morpurgo first published in 2003. It is about a fictional young soldier called Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War I in France as he waits for his brother Charlie's execution by firing squad. The story focusses on the harsh realities of English rural life and warfare, and highlights the British Army's practice of executing its own soldiers during the First World War. Morpurgo was inspired to write the novel after learning about the around 300 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were shot for crimes like desertion and cowardice. The novel helped further the campaign to grant posthumous pardons to the men, which were agreed and implemented by the UK Government in 200
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In the First World War, between 1914 and 1918, over 290 soldiers of the British and Commonwealth armies were executed by firing squad, some for desertion and cowardice, two for simply sleeping at their posts.
Many of these men we now know were traumatised by shell shock Court martials were brief, the accused often unrepresented.
It was only in 2006 that the authorities recognised the injustice these soldiers suffered. A conditional pardon was granted in November 2006.
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Private Peaceful
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Soldat Peaceful est un roman de Michael Morpurgo destiné à un public d'adolescents. Il a été publié pour la première fois en Angleterre en 2003 sous le titre de Private Peaceful par Collins (filiale de Harper Collins Publishers Ltd). Traduit en français par Diane Ménard, il a été publié en 2004 par les éditions Gallimard Jeunesse.
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Private Peaceful is a novel for older children by British author Michael Morpurgo first published in 2003. It is about a fictional young soldier called Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War I in France as he waits for his brother Charlie's execution by firing squad. The story focusses on the harsh realities of English rural life and warfare, and highlights the British Army's practice of executing its own soldiers during the First World War. Morpurgo was inspired to write the novel after learning about the around 300 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were shot for crimes like desertion and cowardice. The novel helped further the campaign to grant posthumous pardons to the men, which were agreed and implemented by the UK Government in 2006. Private Peaceful won the 2004 Red House Children's Book Award and the Blue Peter Book Award. It has been adapted by Simon Reade into a stage play, a radio play and a film. The folk trio Coope Boyes and Simpson performed in a concert which featured folk songs and readings from the novel; a live recording called Private Peaceful: The Concert was released in 2006.
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