Black Poppies

Stephen Bourne, who will be joining us at the Library of Birmingham on November 29 to celebrate the launch of his new book, Black Poppies, has recently written two blog posts about his research.

‘The British Empire’s unsung heroes of the First World War’
http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/index.php/updates/cat/blogs/post/unsung-heroes-of-the-First-World-War

‘Britain’s Black community and the First World War’
http://blogs.iwm.org.uk/research/2014/08/guest-post-black-poppies-britains-black-community-and-the-great-war/#more

Black Poppies can be ordered now from The History Press: http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/index.php/black-poppies.html