Title:
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THE SOMME STATIONS
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By: |
Andrew Martin |
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ISBN 10: |
0571249647 |
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9780571249640 |
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FABER & FABER |
Pub. date: |
1 February, 2012 |
Pages: |
304 |
Description: |
On the first day of the Somme enlisted railwayman Jim Stringer lies trapped in a shell hole. 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. |
Synopsis: |
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 shrapnel shells rain down. Close co-operation and trust are vital. Yet proof piles up of an enemy within, and as a ferocious military policeman pursues his investigation into the original killing, the finger of accusation begins to point towards Jim himself... |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
Prizes: |
Winner of CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award 2011 |
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