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The Somme : Also Including The Coward by Gristwood, A. D.; Wells, H. G.; is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Two World War I classics: The story of a British soldier enduring the battle in France and a novella starring a man who takes drastic steps to escape the Great War. The million British dead have left no books behind. What they felt as they died hour by hour in the mud, or were choked horribly with gas, or relinquished their reluctant lives on stretchers, no witness tells. But here is a book that almost tells it. . . . Mr. Gristwood has had the relentless simplicity to recall things as they were; he was as nearly dead as he could be without dying, and he has smelt the stench of his own corruption. This is the story of millions of men—of millions.” —H. G. Wells In The Somme and its companion The Coward , first published in 1927, the heroics of war and noble self-sacrifice are completely absent, replaced by the gritty realism of life for the ordinary soldier in World War I and an unflinching portrayal of the horrors of war. Written under the guidance of master storyteller H. G. Wells, they are classics of the genre. Based on A. D. Gristwood’s own wartime experiences, The Somme revolves around a futile attack during the 1916 Somme campaign. On the battlefront, Tom Everitt is wound

Who reads The Somme : Also Including The Coward?

Author

Gristwood, A. D.; Wells, H. G.;

Publisher

Casemate Publishers : Made available through hoopla

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781504040280

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Thriller

Rating

4.4 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14