A Very Long Engagement Retired Poppies physical and moral exhaustion

physical and moral exhaustion

Printed in the USA

later termed the “Black Chamber

from the very beginning of the Great War until the end

black soldiers served the United States during the war

A Very Long Engagement Retired Poppies physical and moral exhaustionDescription by Sebastien Japriscot Paperback Set during and after the First World War, A Very Long Engagement tells the story of a young woman's search for her fianc, whom she believes might still be alive despite having officially been reported as "killed in the line of duty." Unable to walk since childhood, fearless Mathilde Donnay is undeterred in her quest as she scours the country for information about five wounded French soldiers who were