{"product_id":"your-death-would-be-mine-paul-and-marie-pireaud-in-the-great-war-9780674030510","title":"Your Death Would Be Mine: Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaul and Marie Pireaud  a young peasant couple from southwest France  were newlyweds when World War I erupted. With Paul in the army from 1914 through 1919  they were forced to conduct their marriage mostly by correspondence. Drawing upon the hundreds of letters they wrote  Martha Hanna tells their moving story and reveals a powerful and personal perspective on war.  Civilians and combatants alike maintained bonds of emotional commitment and suffered the inevitable miseries of extended absence. While under direct fire at Verdun  Paul wrote with equal intensity and poetic clarity of the brutality of battle and the dietary needs (as he understood them) of his pregnant wife. Marie  in turn  described the difficulties of working the family farm and caring for a sick infant  lamented the deaths of local men  and longed for the safe return of her husband. Through intimate avowals and careful observations  their letters reveal how war transformed their lives  reinforced their love  and permanently altered the character of rural France.  Overwhelmed by one of the most tumultuous upheavals of the modern age  Paul and Marie found solace in family and strength in passion. Theirs is a human story of loneliness and longing  fear in the face of death  and the consolations of love. Your Death Would Be Mine is a poignant tale of ordinary people coping with the trauma of war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648122576949,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674030516","price":25.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674030510.jpg?v=1781709975","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/your-death-would-be-mine-paul-and-marie-pireaud-in-the-great-war-9780674030510","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}