The First Casualty

The First Casualty
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 9781448167517
ISBN-13 : 1448167515
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Book Synopsis The First Casualty by : Ben Elton

Download or read book The First Casualty written by Ben Elton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A work of formidable imaginative scope' Daily Telegraph The first casualty when war comes is truth . . . Flanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet, is shot dead. , He is killed not by German fire, but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines. A young English soldier is arrested and, although he protests his innocence, charged with his murder. Douglas Kingsley is a conscientious objector, previously a detective with the London police, now imprisoned for his beliefs. He is released and sent to France in order to secure a conviction. Forced to conduct his investigations amidst the hell of The Third Battle of Ypres, Kingsley soon discovers that both the evidence and the witnesses he needs are quite literally disappearing into the mud that surrounds him. Ben Elton's tenth novel is a gut-wrenching historical drama which explores some fundamental questions: What is murder? What is justice in the face of unimaginable daily slaughter? And where is the honour in saving a man from the gallows if he is only to be returned to die in a suicidal battle?


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