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The Stars Look Down
The Stars Look Down
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Chrissie
Nov 20, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: medical, long, love, relationships, politics, ww1, audible-uk, france, favorites, england
The Stars Look Down is about residents of a coal mining town in northeastern England. The fictional town is named Sleescale. It is located near Tynecastle (i.e. Newcastle upon Tyne). The story begins before the First World War and ends in the 1930s.It is a book of historical fiction. It focuses upon the urgent need for nationalization of the coal mining industry. That is the nitty-gritty of the story, but not what makes the book the wonderful story that it is!

The plight of the miners is vividly ...more
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