By expanding the content of a young Irish officer's letters, written during the First World War, and setting them within the entrenched battle zone of the Messines Ridge, Burke offers a unique insight into the trench life Second Lieutenant Michael Wall experienced, his disillusionment with war and his desire to get home.
By expanding the content of a young Irish officer's letters, written during the First World War, and setting them within the entrenched battle zone of the Messines Ridge, Burke offers a unique insight into the trench life Second Lieutenant Michael Wall experienced, his disillusionment with war and his desire to get home.