Empires of the Dead

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David Crane's first book, Lord Byron s Jackal was published to great acclaim in 1998, and his second,The Kindness of Sisters published in 2002, is a groundbreaking work of romantic biography. In 2005 the highly acclaimed 'Scott of the Antarctic' was published, followed by Men of War , a collection of 19th Century naval biographies, in 2009. HisEmpires of the Dead was shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize. He lives in north-west Scotland.

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Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction.

The extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of the World War One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian Ware.

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Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction. The extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of the World War One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian Ware.