Matthew Leonard is a modern conflict archaeologist at the University of Bristol. His master's degree and doctoral thesis have explored the human experience of the subterranean war in the Western Front. He is also a member of the Durand Group and as such conducts regular fieldwork in Northern France. He lives in Bath with his wife and daughter.
"Over the past century, British society has embraced the poppy as a symbol for remembering the First World War. In Poppyganda, Leonard reveals how such an object came to represent the contested memories of the conflict and its evolution as a part of material culture up to the present. With its vivid prose and excellent photographs and illustrations, Poppyganda should be of interest to the scholar and casual reader alike."-- "Journal of Military History"
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