num_pages: 37
description: A new tale celebrating the magic of Christmas from the Poet Laureate illustrated by David RobertsDown at the front on a cold winters night in 1914 amidst the worst war the world had ever seen an inexplicable silence spread from man to man. Belief was in the air. Then the soldiers ceased fire and the magic of Christmas took hold.Carol Ann Duffys brilliant new poem celebrates the miraculous truce between the trenches when enemy shook hands with enemy shared songs swapped gifts even played football and peace found a place in No Mans Land.
language: English
title: The Christmas Truce
publisher: Picador