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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. Book condition is fine. Hard cover. Book boards are clean & unmarked front and back of the book. Book block is clean & unmarked all side of the book. Spine intact. Text body is clean & unmarked throughout the book. No dust jacket. Over-all an excellent and neat copy of the book. Extra charges for over-sea shipping as the weight exceed 500grams. Actual weight of the book is 0.751kg. "The Silent Soldiers of Naours: Messages from Beneath the Somme" is a book and an ongoing historical project that uncovers nearly 3,000 World War I soldier signatures etched into the walls of an ancient subterranean city in Northern France. Written by Donna and Michael Fiechtner alongside French archaeologists Gilles Prilaux and Matthieu Beuvin, it reveals a deeply moving, literal "mark in time" left by troops—predominantly Australian "Diggers"—who visited the caves on recreational leave before heading to the horrors of the Western Front. The Underground City of Naours is a vast, 3-kilometre network of Roman-era limestone caves located 30 metres beneath Picardy, just north of Amiens. Historical Sanctuary: Originally carved out around the 3rd century, the 300-room complex sheltered up to 3,000 local villagers during medieval invasions and the Thirty Years' War. WWI Tourist Destination: Forgotten over time and rediscovered in the late 19th century, the caves sat right behind Allied lines near the crucial staging hub of Vignacourt. During the war, they became an official recreational day-trip destination for troops seeking a temporary respite from the fighting.…