A book about Tunnellers

[CarylW]

Back in the days when I just had a passing interest in the Great War I read a book about the Tunnellers of WW1

The book was fiction, an account of one tunneller and his unit's horrendous experiences

The author was a woman and for the life of me I can't remember the title or the author

The book is long gone but I'd lke to read it again

Can anyone help please?

Caryl

[Jarvis]

Threre is a book I've recently read called The Tunnelers that fits the description but the author appears to be a man Raymond Hitchcock - perhaps there are several such fictional tunnelling books ? Its not a bad read, either way.

[CarylW]

Jarvis

Many thanks for your reply.

This could well be the book I had in mind

It's quite a while ago, so it's possible I may have my wires crossed

Caryl

[geoff_allan]

Jarvis

Many thanks for your reply.

This could well be the book I had in mind

It's quite a while ago, so it's possible I may have my wires crossed

Caryl

There are at least two books which relate Tunnellers experiences in fiction - one is "Birdsong" by Sebastian Faulks published in 1984, and still on sale, and the other is "The W Plan" by Graham Seton published in 1930 and which you might find in a second hand bookshop - there was an early Penguin edition.

[MartinWills]

The Hitchcock had a cover with a (well known) picture of two or three tunnellers at a the front of a bore ....