Sapper Martin: The Secret Great War Diary of Albert Martin (Audiobook)
Sapper Martin: The Secret Great War Diary of Albert Martin (Audiobook) By Richard van Emden, read by Mark Meadows
Unabridged edition 2009 | 10 hours and 39 mins | ISBN: 1408453959 | MP3 48 kbps | 191 MB
Unabridged edition 2009 | 10 hours and 39 mins | ISBN: 1408453959 | MP3 48 kbps | 191 MB
Albert John ("Jack") Martin was a 31-year-old Admiralty clerk when he was called up into the army in early 1916. Throughout his service with the Royal Engineers (the Sappers), he wrote in secret because men at the front were forbidden to keep diaries. As a result, it was not until after he returned home in 1919 that his family were shown his twelve precious notebooks. Written in a clear, elegant, often humorous style, Albert Martin's diary reveals a distinctive and compelling mind, presenting the reality of war with heartbreaking clarity. From his arrival in France during the Battle of the Somme, through the onslaughts at Messines and Ypres and the German offensive of 1918, to the Armistice, we see the Great War as it was lived and fought by the ordinary Tommy.