The great explosion : gunpowder, the Great War, and the anatomy of a disaster on the Kent marshes
Dillon, Brian, 1969-2015
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In April 1916, shortly before the commencement of the Battle of the Somme, a fire started in a vast munitions works located in the Kentish marshes. The resulting series of explosions killed 108 people and injured many more. Here, Brian Dillon recreates the events of that terrible day - and, in so doing, sheds a fresh and unexpected light on the British home front in the Great War.
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Author:
Dillon, Brian, 1969-, author
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Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2015.London : Penguin Books, 2015.
Collation:
288 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781844882816 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.233083942.233942.233083DIL
Language:
English
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BRN:
1758871