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The Somme stations

Paperback • 2012 • English • 1. edition

The Somme stations

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About the book

On the first day of the Somme enlisted railwayman Jim Stringer lies trapped in a shell hole, smoking cigarette after cigarette under the bullets and the blazing sun. He calculates his chances of survival - even before they departed for France, a member of Jim's unit had been found dead. During the stand-off that follows, Jim and his comrades must operate by night the vitally important trains carrying munitions to the Front, through a ghostly landscape of shattered trees where high explosive and ...Show more

Crime and mystery fiction

Book details

ISBN

9780571249640

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Published year

2012

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Somme stations

Format

Paperback

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