Fascinating, and sometimes horrifying, story of the tunnel war at the Front during the First World War. The trench aspect of this war is well known, but both sides also dug deep beneath the ground, in part to provide protected accommodation and shelter, but especially to go forward and place mines beneath the enemy. The sappers involved, often miners, fought a silent and claustrophobic war. This is both their story, and the history of the engineering involved, as well as telling of the use of tunnels in the various campaigns. 308 large format pages, heavily illustrated with photos, drawings, maps and sketches, both B&W and colour. Paperback. Spellmount