{"product_id":"charles-sorley-marlborough-charles-sorley-9781787801851","title":"Charles Sorley - Marlborough \u0026 Other Poems: \"But until the peace, the storm, The Darkness and the thunder and the rain\"","description":"Charles Hamilton Sorley was born on May 19th, 1895 in Aberdeen. His family moved to Cambridge when Sorley was five and his education later continued at Marlborough College (1908-13) where he was an excellent debater.\u003cp\u003eFrom here he won a scholarship to Oxford but decided to spend a year in Germany beforehand. It was a fateful decision. War clouds had gathered over Europe and when war was declared Sorley was interned, for one night, and then instructed to leave Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSorley returned to England and immediately signed up to serve as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Suffolk Regiment. He arrived in France in May, 1915 and, by the same August, had been promoted to Captain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn October 13th 1915, at the Battle of Loos, Charles Hamilton Sorley was killed by a sniper's bullet to the head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Sorley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1787801853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781787801851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Portable Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Sorley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44567228973311,"sku":"9781787801851","price":10.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc145f63-15fa-4e81-a0b7-adcb22b170f1.jpg?v=1701376637","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/charles-sorley-marlborough-charles-sorley-9781787801851","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}