SuitabookFootball, identity and ambition
Jack begins with dreams of professional football and playing for his country before the war changes his circumstances.
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Tom Palmer - Author
A football-centred route into First World War history, this is an emotionally direct story about ambition, enlistment and survival. Its accessible presentation may support readers who want a gripping historical novel without dense prose.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA football-centred route into First World War history, this is an emotionally direct story about ambition, enlistment and survival. Its accessible presentation may support readers who want a gripping historical novel without dense prose.
Jack begins with dreams of professional football and playing for his country before the war changes his circumstances.
Talk of sportsmen’s cowardice contributes to the formation of a Footballers’ Battalion, and Jack is described as having little choice but to join.
Jack serves alongside football teammates, and the story includes camaraderie during dangerous wartime experiences.
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This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.
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