The Tributes To The British And American Unknown Warriors PDF Download

. This is a story about the Great War. It is 1922 and Lieutenant James Cooper is responsible for some of the work to rebury the war dead. One soldier is chosen by the British Government to become the Unknown Warrior as a tribute to the unidentified soldiers lying on the battlefields, but after the burial Cooper finds out that a silver cigarette case was discovered on the body which was later laid to rest in Westminster Abbey, England. Cooper, who becomes a journalist is obsessed with discovering the soldier's identity. Inside the cigarette case he finds the photograph of a beautiful women, her name scrawled on the back; the address of a photographer's shop, and inside a secret compartment in the case an elaborate enameling of two women painted as warriors. As Cooper uncovers more about the family of the Unknown Warrior he tried to face up to his own fears of rejection after the war. Many of the historical events in between 1900 to 1920 are used as a backdrop to the story: the suffragette campaign, votes for women, industrial strikes, and the treatment of conscientious objectors in the Great War.. Cooper goes to British authorities and tells them about the cigarette case found on the Unknown Warrior but his Colonel advises him to destroy the case and say nothing about events of its discovery. But Cooper continues to find about the people associated with the cigarette case and tries to answer the question: Who is the Unknown Soldier? He is determined to know the truth about this man, find out about his family, and how he came to die on the battlefield. To do this Cooper has to find a way of coping with his own problems:- the fear of rejection because of disfigurement arising from his war wounds, loneliness, and lack of confidence. He discovers some of the owners and keepers of the cigarette case: an enameller who makes the case and models the pictures inside it on Vienna prostitutes, an American theatre owner, a musician and tap dancer, and a soldier fighting in northern France. We are kept guessing about the identity of the Unknown Warrior. We read how the main characters in the story fall out and in love, perish or survive. The events and exciting conclusion to the story make it a page turner. Historical accuracy, vivid description, and strong characterisation makes this story moving and realistic. The plot moves from Vienna, Britain, the United States, and the battlefields of France and describes the personal tragedies brought about by the Great War 1914 - 1918, and the courage and resilience of survivors of the conflict.