by Conan Doyle · Cluster: War and Empire · History · Nationalism and Patriotism
Abstract
Doyle’s six-volume contemporary history of the British Army on the Western Front, from Mons and the Marne in 1914 through the Somme, Third Ypres, Cambrai, and the victorious advance of 1918, compiled from letters, diaries, and firsthand interviews with soldiers and officers.
Connections
Forms & Genres: Essay, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: War and its Cost, Nationalism and Patriotism, Empire and Imperialism, Courage, Endurance, History Motifs: Blood, Flags and Banners Historical References: First World War, British Empire, Kaiser Wilhelm II Settings: Continental Europe (Brussels), Battlefield, France, Europe Archetypes: Hero Topoi: War as Glory, Last Stand