War Horse author Michael Morpurgo on the hidden history behind Steven Spielberg's Oscar contender
The director's new epic is a fitting testament to the thousands of horses that served and fell during the first world war
Kate Kellaway
The Observer, Saturday 7 January 2012
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British cavalry cross a temporary bridge, circa 1915. Photograph: Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Ala/Alamy
War Horse has had an extraordinary career. It started in 1982, withMichael Morpurgo's novel about a boy called Albert and his horse, Joey, who is sent to fight on the bloody battlefields of France in the first world war. The book was short, accomplished and moving, but barely acknowledged until, in 2007, it was turned into a play.
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