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The First Casualty (2005) is a historical crime novel by English author Ben Elton, set during the First World War. [1] Synopsis. In June 1917, whilst recovering from shell shock inside a military hospital, beloved war poet and dedicated soldier Viscount Abercrombie is inexplicably shot dead.
- Ben Elton
- 2005
Jan 1, 2005 · 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.
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Jan 12, 2023 · The first casualty : the war correspondent as hero and myth-maker from the Crimea to Iraq. by. Knightley, Phillip. Publication date. 2004. Topics. War -- Press coverage, War correspondents. Publisher. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press.
Jan 1, 1975 · The First Casualty seeks to fill two needs: to catalog the failures and successes of war reporting since it began as a recognizable form, and to analyze its failure to engage news viewers into ending war.
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Ben Elton writes The First Casualty as a curious blend of British detective fiction and war novel. Protagonist Douglas Kingsley, a Scotland Yard inspector, refuses to join the military during WWI and is sent to prison.
Oct 5, 2004 · From William Howard Russell, who described the appalling conditions of the Crimean War in the Times of London, to the ranks of reporters, photographers, and cameramen who captured the realities of...
Dec 9, 2020 · The first casualty : from the Crimea to Vietnam : the war correspondent as hero, propagandist, and myth maker. by. Knightley, Phillip. Publication date. 1982. Topics. War correspondents, Journalism, Military -- Objectivity, Press and propaganda, Wars, 1854-1975 Role of war correspondents. Publisher.
