The First Casualty

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The First Casualty

Author : Ben Elton

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Highlights

English

Language

NA

Edition

448

Pages

9780552771306

ISBN-13

0552771306

ISBN-10

Black Swan

Publisher

198 mm

Height

129 mm

Width

27 mm

Thickness

Paperback

Binding

Description

In 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 Konig, formerly a detective with the London police, soon discovers that both the evidence and the In 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 Konig, formerly a detective with the London police, soon discovers that both the evidence and the witnesses he needs are quite literally disappearing into the mud that surrounds him.