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The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1914-1918 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's History of the War
Five Volumes
Arthur Conan Doyle
First Edition
Hardcover
This set of Five Volumes very rare to find for Sale on South African Market.Yes very rare so the collection is prized & very sought after in the collectors market.
London: Hodder and Stoughton
Hardcover.
First editions in five (of six) volumes, all with years published on title page.Fold out Maps etc.
Arthur Conan Doyle, best known, of course, as author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was also a prolific and gifted military historian and a passionate patriot. Having offered his services in vain to the Army as a doctor on the outbreak of war in 1914 Doyle turned his considerable energies to writing a multi-volume history of the war. He pulled strings to get access to the High Command in France and Flanders, but also interviewed as many other ranks as he could, along with politicians and journalists with whom he socialised. Despite obstruction from the military establishment, the result was a lively and authoritative account, far removed from the dry-as-dust narratives of many official military histories.