1917: wounded British soldiers, including Siegfried Sassoon, start to question their superiors...

A portrayal of a generation trying to come to terms with the intolerable. Pat Barker's historical anti-war novel was first published in 1991.

The first of 10 episodes read by Alice Arnold.

Abridged by Tessa Kendall.

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Show less