British Campaign in France & Flanders January to July 1918
Most famous for creating Sherlock Homes and for his historical fiction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was also intensely interested in military matters, writing multi-volume histories of the Boer War and the Great War in which his only son Kingsley served and died (of 'flu). This volume covers the first half of 1918, the climactic year of the war on the western front when the huge German Spring offensives beginning in March, at first carried all before them, before they were staunched after the Allies decided on a unified command under Marshal Foch. Doyle staunchly defends the record of his friend Gen. Sir Hubert Gough whose Fifth Army bore the brunt of the opening offensive and who was sacked as the scapegoat for his scratch army's reverses.
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British Campaign in France & Flanders January to July 1918
Most famous for creating Sherlock Homes and for his historical fiction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was also intensely interested in military matters, writing multi-volume histories of the Boer War and the Great War in which his only son Kingsley served and died (of 'flu). This volume covers the first half of 1918, the climactic year of the war on the western front when the huge German Spring offensives beginning in March, at first carried all before them, before they were staunched after the Allies decided on a unified command under Marshal Foch. Doyle staunchly defends the record of his friend Gen. Sir Hubert Gough whose Fifth Army bore the brunt of the opening offensive and who was sacked as the scapegoat for his scratch army's reverses.
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British Campaign in France & Flanders January to July 1918

British Campaign in France & Flanders January to July 1918

by Arthur Conan Doyle
British Campaign in France & Flanders January to July 1918

British Campaign in France & Flanders January to July 1918

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Overview

Most famous for creating Sherlock Homes and for his historical fiction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was also intensely interested in military matters, writing multi-volume histories of the Boer War and the Great War in which his only son Kingsley served and died (of 'flu). This volume covers the first half of 1918, the climactic year of the war on the western front when the huge German Spring offensives beginning in March, at first carried all before them, before they were staunched after the Allies decided on a unified command under Marshal Foch. Doyle staunchly defends the record of his friend Gen. Sir Hubert Gough whose Fifth Army bore the brunt of the opening offensive and who was sacked as the scapegoat for his scratch army's reverses.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781783310401
Publisher: Naval & Military Press
Publication date: 10/15/2015
Pages: 384
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

About The Author

A prolific author of books, short stories, poetry, and more, the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for the creation of one of literature’s most vivid and enduring characters: Sherlock Holmes. Through detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant deduction, Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step into the swirling fog of Victorian London to rescue the innocent, confound the guilty, and solve the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885
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