Through the Iron Bars;

by Émile Cammaerts

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Genres: History

100 pages, Paperback

First published October 4, 2009

About the author

Émile Leon Cammaerts CBE (16 March 1878 in Saint-Gilles, Belgium – 2 November 1953, Radlett, Hertfordshire) was a Belgian playwright, poet (including war poet) and author who wrote primarily in English and French.

Demonstrating his interests, Cammaerts translated three books by art, history and landscapes expert John Ruskin and selected G. K. Chesterton Father Brown detective stories in La clairvoyance du père Brown.

He became Professor of Belgian Studies at the University of London in 1933, most of his works and papers are held there in the Senate House Library, and Emeritus Professor on retiring.

Source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[Sidney Weber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Forgotten tale of suffering

The extent of Belgian suffering in WW I was unknown to me before reading this book and the occupation continued for two years after it was written. While the book makes clear that a major calamity occurred, it does so via general descriptions, which lessens the quality of the book itself.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written during World War I to draw attention to the German atrocities in Belgium. The language is very poetic at times, but it does have a tendency to run in circles a bit and not give a lot of detail or chronological facts. Still an interesting primary source, and nice because it's in English.