Horas de Guerra
Horas de Guerra
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Author: Dr. José Manuel Martins Ferreira Coelho
Categories: Biographies and Memoirs , History
«Horas de Guerra – Memórias de um Miliciano» is a reissue of the work of war memories by Tavira militiaman Manuel Benjamim Rodrigues Coelho, combatant in the First World War, where he participated and was one of the survivors of the Battle of La Lys, where so many Portuguese lost their lives.
The work was published for the first time in 1924, on the initiative of its author and republished in 2014, in a facsimile edition by Arandis Editora, integrated into a broader work designed by his grandson José Manuel Martins Ferreira Coelho, which presents a biographical note of the author and add additional information about the family, which occurred after the first edition of the book.
The work is part of the commemorations of the Centenary of the Battle of La Lys, being a historical document of undeniable value, because it was written in the midst of war, without censorship of events and feelings.
