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The Silent Field
Paperback
General FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Andy d'Souza
Published: Dec 19 2025
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.12
Height: 0.09 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
On Christmas Eve, 1914, the guns along the Western Front fell silent.
In the frozen space between opposing trenches, British and German soldiers stepped into no man's land, not as enemies but as men. They shared songs, food, laughter, and grief. For a single night, the war loosened its grip.
The Silent Field follows two soldiers, Tom Bennett and Ernst Weber, on opposite sides of the conflict. Bound by that brief, extraordinary truce, their lives unfold through the long aftermath of war, the weight of memory, and the difficult return to peace.
As the fighting resumes, the cost of remembering becomes clear. Kindness carries risk. Humanity complicates survival. Yet the memory of that night refuses to fade, shaping who they become long after the war has ended.
Quiet, restrained, and deeply human, The Silent Field is a literary historical novella about the Christmas Truce, the fragility of peace, and the moments that remind us who we are, even in the darkest places.
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