![]() ![]() ![]() Watch the video of the event where Barroux talks and paints for an audience of school children below. ![]() The value of such events is written on the face of every student.' School librarian Dr Graham Gardner said: 'Language is something that can divide us but stories and pictures are what bring us together, there's been so much interest and enthusiasm from the students. Line of Fire Barroux Illustrates the Diary of an Unknown WWI Soldier by Bart Croonenborghs ApFound in a rubbish heap one winter’s morning, French artist Barroux rescued the diary of a soldier in the First World War and turned it into a compelling graphic novel. In the words of Michael Morpurgo, who has written a special introduction to the book: 'We need the voice of a witness to tell the adulterated truth. ![]() Separation from family, life on the front line, injury, and time in a military hospital are all part of the story brought to life in pictures by Barroux. Students heard how a chance find of a 100 year old diary discarded on the streets of Paris, containing a French soldier's account of the events of the first two months of World War One, provided the inspiration for this moving graphic novel. Line of Fire: Diary of an unknown soldier - author Barroux visits schoolĪt a recent event organised by BookTrust and Phoenix Yard Books as part of our work to promote translation in children's literature, author, Barroux, spoke to students from St Marylebone C E School in London about what inspired him to create his striking graphic novel Line of Fire: Diary of an Unknown Soldier. ![]()
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