The Christmas Truce
by Phil Porter

The Christmas Truce Book Cover
The Christmas Truce Cover

Synopsis

December 1914. As families across Europe gather to celebrate Christmas, a generation of young men find themselves far away from their loved ones in the trenches of the Western Front.

There they face a world seemingly devoid of any peace or goodwill.

But on Christmas Eve 1914, as the men of the Warwickshire Regiment shelter in their trenches, something astonishing happens.

Across no-man's land they hear music.

The German soldiers are singing Christmas carols; the same carols their families are listening to, hundreds of miles away in Birmingham, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Leaving their trenches, carrying only their courage and their humanity, they go to meet their enemies; not to fight, but talk, to exchange gifts, to celebrate Christmas.

And the next day, together, they play an unforgettable game of football.

Publication

Publisher
Oberon
Year Published
2015
ISBN 10
1783192143
ISBN 13
9781783192144
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
120 pages
Language
English
eISBN 13
9781783197132
Print
The Christmas Truce is a British adult christmas play written by and published by Oberon in 2015. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9781783192144 and an ISBN-10 of 1783192143.
Digital
ePlay digital editions are available on Amazon Kindle Apple Books Google Play with an ISBN-13 of 9781783197132.

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