The First Casualty

by Ben Elton

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It is Flanders in June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet, is shot dead, 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...Read more
  • ISBN10 0593051114
  • ISBN13 9780593051115
  • Publish Date 1 November 2005
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 18 July 2007
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Random House USA Inc
  • Imprint Bantam Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 384
  • Language English