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Killing Time

Archaeology and the First World War

By (author) Nicholas J Saunders
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: The History Press Ltd, Stroud, United Kingdom
Published: 10th Mar 2010
Dimensions: w 169mm h 251mm d 14mm
Weight: 720g
ISBN-10: 0752456024
ISBN-13: 9780752456027
Barcode No: 9780752456027
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Synopsis
The Great War of 1914-1918 now stands at the furthest edge of living memory. And yet, hardly a month passes without some dramatic and sometimes tragic discovery being made along the old killing fields of the Western Front. Graves of British soldiers buried during battle - still lying in rows seemingly arm in arm or found crouching at the entrance to a dugout; whole 'underground cities' of trenches, dugouts and shelters have been preserved in the mud; field hospitals carved out of the chalk country of the Somme marked with graffiti; unexploded bombs and gas canisters - all of these are the poignant and sometimes deadly legacies of a war we can never forget. Killing Time digs beneath the surface of war to uncover the living reality left behind. Nicholas J. Saunders brings together a wealth of discoveries to offer fresh insights into the human and often barbaric aspect of warfare. He uses discoveries in the trenches, family photographs, diaries and souvenirs to give the dead a voice. You cannot fail to be fascinated and moved by what he unearths.

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