{"product_id":"a-moment-of-war-paperback-by-laurie-lee","title":"A Moment of War Paperback by Laurie Lee","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-05-26)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e144\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780241752043\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e90.72\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e17.98 x 11.1 x 0.89\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn one of the great English war memoirs, we learn what it is to cross the Pyrenees through freezing snow to fight fascism in Spain; to narrowly escape execution by your own side; to kill a man with a borrowed rifle and feel nothing but shame. Moving and shrapnel-sharp, \u003ci\u003eA Moment of War\u003c\/i\u003e recalls the defeat of idealism; ‘that flush of youth which never doubts self-survival, that idiot belief in luck’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Lee\u003c\/b\u003e has written some of the best-loved travel books in the English language. Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 1914, he was educated at Slad village school and Stroud Central School. At the age of nineteen he walked to London and then travelled on foot through Spain, where he was trapped by the outbreak of the Civil War. He later returned by crossing the Pyrenees, as he recounted in \u003ci\u003eA Moment of War\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurie Lee published four collections of poems: \u003ci\u003eThe Sun My Monument\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), \u003ci\u003eThe Bloom of Candles\u003c\/i\u003e (1947), \u003ci\u003eMy Many-Coated Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1955) and \u003ci\u003ePocket Poets\u003c\/i\u003e (1960). His other works include \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage of Magellan\u003c\/i\u003e (1948), \u003ci\u003eThe Firstborn\u003c\/i\u003e (1964),\u003ci\u003e I Can't Stay Long\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), and \u003ci\u003eTwo Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1983). He also wrote three bestselling volumes of autobiography: \u003ci\u003eCider with Rosie\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), which has sold over six million copies worldwide, \u003ci\u003eAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning\u003c\/i\u003e (1969) and \u003ci\u003eA Moment of War\u003c\/i\u003e (1991).\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46531407315105,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780241752043","price":12.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780241752043.jpg?v=1781165735","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/a-moment-of-war-paperback-by-laurie-lee","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}