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Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision Led to the Creation of WWI's World Graves

David Crane

The extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of World War One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian Ware.

War & MilitaryWar & Military · medium confidenceWar & Military81 signalsLlm Classifier: War & Military -> War & MilitaryKeyword Classifier: War & Military -> War & MilitaryTopic Classifier: World War I -> War & MilitaryWorld War IWar & Military StrategyAmerican Civil War

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionMajor2013FinalistSecondary source
PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize: Historical Nonfiction2014ShortlistSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Fabian Ware90%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.