| Your Death Would Be Mine Subjects: Pireaud Paul; Pireaud Marie; World War 1914–1918 -- France -- Biography; Soldiers -- France -- Biography; Army spouses -- France -- Biography; Paul 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. |