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Elton has written three musicals, the beautiful game, we will rock you and tonights the. Set during world war i in flanders in june of 1917 this book is dedicated to ben elton s two grandfathers who fought on opposite sides during the war. The first casualty johns hopkins university press books. Ben elton a conscientious objector is released from prison and sent to the front lines to investigate the death of a british officer and celebrated poet. Stark was reprinted 23 times in its first year, and ultimately sold well over a million copies, making elton one of a small number of novelists to sell more. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Meh, first casualty is anyway, possibly the most amateurish war novel ive ever read. Ive listened to thousands of audio books over the years, so this is a bit of an unfair question because i have probably forgotten more than many people have read.
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