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The Somme Stations by Martin, Andrew is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Somme Stations about?
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 . . ."words : 88695
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- Author
- Martin, Andrew
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780571271863
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Thriller, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (191 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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