The Conscientious Objector's Wife
Letters Between Frank and Lucy Sunderland, 1916-1919
The Conscientious Objector’s Wife, edited by Kate Macdonald, is the letters of Frank and Lucy Sunderland, written during the First World War. They were English pacifists and fervent supporters of Labour politics and the Garden City movement, and loved their Letchworth home. In 1916 Frank gave himself up for arrest after refusing to join the army when military service became mandatory for his age group.
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The Conscientious Objector's Wife: Letters Between Frank and Lucy Sunderland, 1916-1919
2018, Handheld Press
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1999881362 9781999881368
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The Conscientious Objector’s Wife tells the story of Frank and Lucy Sunderland. They lived in Letchworth, in Hertfordshire, north of London, with their three young children. In 1916 Frank was separated from the family when he was sentenced to hard labour for being a conscientious objector. He was not released from prison until April 1919.
Frank and Lucy wrote to each other for two and half years while Frank was incarcerated at Wandsworth and Bedford prisons.
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