William Makepeace Thackeray: Would rather have written Gray’s Elegy than have won a battle
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war William Makepeace Thackeray: Selections on war ==== William Makepeace ThackerayThe Virginians Harry, when he was away from his duty, was never tired of hearing Mr. Wolfe’s details of the military operations of the last year….The young General had the romance […]