num_pages: 176
description: "Head bowed, rifle on his back, a soldier is silhouetted against the going down of the sun, looking at the grave of a dead comrade, remembering him..." A poetic and impressionistic tribute to those who perished in World War I--and those who lived, haunted by their memories. "Brilliant--the Great War book of our time."--Observer.
language: English
title: The Missing of the Somme
titlecomplete: The Missing of the Somme
genres: France, War, World War I, Memoir, Nonfiction, Essays, Military History, Travel, Military Fiction, History
ratings_count: 744
publisher: Phoenix