"The Judgement of Valhalla" by Gilbert Frankau is a book of poetry from World War I that grapples with ideas of bravery, dishonor, and right from wrong, and the meaning of life and facing death in war. With powerful descriptions and strong feelings, Frankau paints pictures of soldiers' minds, sharing both the pride of fighting and the humiliation of being a coward. The poems show the terrible truth of war and the punishments that come after death. One example shows a soldier who ran away meets his end in Valhalla and learns that being a coward is not accepted. Through poems, Frankau shows the hard choices soldiers had, like choosing between being brave or shameful, living or dying, and the struggle to survive the disorder of war. This experience ensures readers understand the mental pain of fighting and how hard it is to find true courage.
The Judgement of Valhalla
By Gilbert Frankau
In the face of war's harshest trials, soldiers confront a grim afterlife where bravery is rewarded and cowardice is punished.
Summary
About the AuthorCaptain Gilbert Frankau was a popular British novelist. He was known also for verse, including a number of verse novels, and short stories.
He was born in London into a Jewish family but was baptised as an Anglican at the age of 13. After education at Eton College, he went into the family cigar business and became managing director on his twenty-first birthday, his father, Arthur Frankau, having died in November 1904.
A few months before his death, at sixty-eight, from lung cancer, he converted to Roman Catholicism.
Captain Gilbert Frankau was a popular British novelist. He was known also for verse, including a number of verse novels, and short stories. He was born in London into a Jewish family but was baptised as an Anglican at the age of 13. After education at Eton College, he went into the family cigar business and became managing director on his twenty-first birthday, his father, Arthur Frankau, having died in November 1904. A few months before his death, at sixty-eight, from lung cancer, he converted to Roman Catholicism.
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