Michael Morpurgo

Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First [Source: Wikipedia]

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Private Peaceful

1962 · Historical Fiction

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2 editions: Print · 1962 | eBook · 1962

1 adaptation: Private Peaceful · Film · 2012

About this work & edition details

Private Peaceful relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a young First World War soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn. During the night he looks back at his short but joyful past growing up in rural Devon: his exciting first days at school; the accident in the forest that killed his father; his adventures with Molly, the love of his life; and the battles and injustices of war that brought him to the front line. Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year, Private Peaceful is by the third Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, award-winning author of War Horse. His inspiration came from a visit to Ypres where he was shocked to discover how many young soldiers were court-martialled and shot for cowardice during the First World War. This edition also includes introductory essays by Michael Morpurgo, Associate Director of Private Peaceful production Mark Leipacher, as well as an essay from Simon Reade, adaptor & director of this stage adaptation of Private Peaceful.

Print · Bloomsbury Publishing · 1962 · English

eBook · Bloomsbury Publishing · 1962 · English

Podcasts & Discussion (8)

Always Take NotesMichael Morpurgo on how his novel about a horse in the First World War gained a spectacular second life on stage and screen ↗2026-05-12Therapy WorksMichael Morpurgo on Secrets, Loss, and the Stories That Save Us ↗2026-04-15Discover Thousands of Audiobooks In High-Definition AudioGrandpa Christmas (Authored by Michael Morpurgo, Jim Field) ↗2025-11-13Experience Expertly Narrated Digital Audiobooks In High-Definition AudioCosy Christmas Stories (By Adam Guillain, Charlotte Guillain, Matt Lucas, Dorothy Edwards, Michael Morpurgo, Rachel Bright, Barry Timms, Alan Snow, Timothy Knapman, Arnold Lobel) ↗2025-11-13The Waterstones PodcastMichael Morpurgo ↗2025-03-19This Cultural LifeMichael Morpurgo ↗2022-09-17BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine PodcastGetting children into nature - with Michael Morpurgo ↗2022-06-30A Good ReadMichael Morpurgo and Sara Maitland ↗2011-10-04

Screen & Stage

Private Peaceful

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

Film · 2012 · Released

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Historical Fiction