At the end of the First World War more than 192 000 wives had lost their husbands & nearly 400 000 children had lost their fathers. Few people remained unscathed. The Quick & the Dead pays tribute to the families who were left behind while their husbands fathers & sons went off to fight & the generations that followed. Through a unique collection of more than fifty interviews private diaries & a remarkable collection of unpublished letters written by the soldiers to their families back home The Quick & the Dead is a history of those who are commonly forgotten & neglected when the fallen are remembered on Armistice Day.