false 8827 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg 8827 8 1924209 2005 The First Casualty total:217|5:52|4:76|3:66|2:17|1:6| 217 802 289 30 5738 3.51 3937 407 77871135 2730673 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.68 210 2005 4 0 false Sun Nov 15 13:02:20 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 13:08:19 -0800 2009 Ben Elton does his usual thing of giving hi...more...]]> 80999441 1719028 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 3 0 false Thu Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 13:45:29 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 18:24:17 -0800 2009 Ben Elton's books are always a quick and easy read, and this is not an exception - even with a change of genre into historical fiction.

The murder mystery component of this book is pretty simplistic when compared with the best - you should have a very good idea of whodunnit by half way th...more...]]> 48293924 1815488 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 23:15:54 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 23:27:08 -0800 2009 Almost killed in jail, he is spirited out to use his detection skil...more...]]> 846656 7504 8832 0593051114 9780593051115 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8832.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388s/8832.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8832.The_First_Casualty 4.25 4 Past Mortem, a gut-wrenching historical drama which forces us to handle the truth.

Flanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while he was recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines. A young English soldier is arrested and, although he protests his innocence, is charged with his murder.

Douglas Konig 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 in the case. Forced to conduct his investigations amid the hell of the third Battle of Ypres, Konig soon discovers that both the evidence and the witnesses he needs are quite literally disappearing into the mud that surrounds him.

Ben Elton’s tenth novel is a gut-wrenching historical drama that explores some fundamental questions. What is murder? What is justice in the face of unimaginable daily slaughter? And where is the honour in saving a man from the gallows if he is only to be returned to die in a suicidal battle?

As the gap between legally sanctioned and illegal murder becomes ever more blurred, Konig quickly learns that the first casualty of war is Truth.


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 2005 5 0 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 23 13:05:52 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 28 10:39:08 -0700 2007 I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a novel as well as I enjoyed this one. Set near the end of the first World War, the book centers around Douglas Kingsley, a conscientious objector sent to the Western front to investigate a murder that took place behind the lines.

Elton d...more...]]> 60391601 2367958 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 4 0 false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Jun 20 02:48:55 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 02:57:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 45813049 1871838 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 3 0 false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 09 06:16:51 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 06:16:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 53429975 2238410 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 3 0 false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 21:58:17 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 17:59:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49888858 1409416 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 5 0 false Fri Mar 20 13:25:42 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 04:02:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 24532126 82315 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 3 0 false Sat Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 02:28:33 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 08:24:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 77826157 2632103 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 4 0 false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 00:45:30 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 23:55:46 -0800 2009 65986680 2164429 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 3 0 false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 07:48:17 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 07:56:02 -0700 2009 76637767 2801198 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Nov 03 17:31:59 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 17:36:23 -0800 2009 6562705 371013 8832 0593051114 9780593051115 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8832.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388s/8832.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8832.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 Past Mortem, a gut-wrenching historical drama which forces us to handle the truth.

Flanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while he was recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines. A young English soldier is arrested and, although he protests his innocence, is charged with his murder.

Douglas Konig 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 in the case. Forced to conduct his investigations amid the hell of the third Battle of Ypres, Konig soon discovers that both the evidence and the witnesses he needs are quite literally disappearing into the mud that surrounds him.

Ben Elton’s tenth novel is a gut-wrenching historical drama that explores some fundamental questions. What is murder? What is justice in the face of unimaginable daily slaughter? And where is the honour in saving a man from the gallows if he is only to be returned to die in a suicidal battle?

As the gap between legally sanctioned and illegal murder becomes ever more blurred, Konig quickly learns that the first casualty of war is Truth.


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 2005 5 0 false Tue May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 21 13:14:48 -0700 2007 Wed May 21 09:10:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 52511947 2216746 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 1 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 10:56:46 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 10:57:18 -0700 2009 50218067 1626013 1060813 0593051122 9780593051122 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180643791m/1060813.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180643791s/1060813.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1060813.The_First_Casualty 3.00 1
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 amid the hell of the Third Battle of Ypres, Kingsley soon discovers that both the evidence and the witnesses he needs are quite literally disappearing into the mud that surrounds him.

Ben Elton's tenth novel is a gut-wrenching historical drama that explores some fundamental questions. What is murder? What is justice in the face of unimaginable daily slaughter? And where is the honour in saving a man from the gallows if he is only to be returned to die in a suicidal battle?

As the gap between legally sanctioned and illegal murder becomes ever more blurred, Kingsley quickly learns that the first casualty when war comes is truth.]]> 2005 3 0 false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 15:56:28 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 16:25:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 20902814 1113281 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 4 0 false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Apr 24 12:20:18 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 12:41:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 21489762 81480 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 3 0 false Sat May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 18:38:58 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 22:01:12 -0700 2008 5172497 313206 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Aug 27 09:09:30 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 09:09:43 -0700 2007 Good story - I can never get Ben Eltons other life out of my mind though - and that maybe a problem for me!]]> 26609813 996447 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 4 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 21:19:41 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 21:37:15 -0700 2008 11971950 756739 8827 0552771309 9780552771306 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387m/8827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765387s/8827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8827.The_First_Casualty 3.70 217 2005 5 0 false Tue Jan 08 09:38:21 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 09:39:44 -0800 2008 Its a murder mystery, historically interesting and a well written book....]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=8827