Saving Lives : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Campaign for Body Armour, 1914-18

Name: Saving Lives
Brand: Trustees of the Royal Armouries
SKU: 9780948092824
Price: 2700 KES
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ISBN: 9780948092824

by Philip Abbott

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Talking Points

ISBN-10 0948092823

ISBN-13 9780948092824

Publisher Trustees of the Royal Armouries

Imprint Trustees of the Royal Armouries

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 31st, 2017

Print length 88 Pages

Weight 276 grams

Dimensions 24.00 x 16.80 x 0.70 cms

Product Classification: c 1910 to c 1919 c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)First World War Military administration War & defence operations War and defence operations First World War

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Inspired by a collection of letters received by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle during the First World War, Philip Abbott explores the inspirational campaign to provide body armour to British soldiers serving in the trenches.

Inspired by a collection of letters received by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle during the First World War, Philip Abbott sets out to explore the campaign to provide body armour to British soldiers serving in the trenches. Setting the letters in the context of the terrible losses suffered during the Battle of the Somme, Abbott reveals the actions of the War Office and Ministry of Munitions in providing better protection for the troops. He examines Conan Doyle’s personal motives for involvement, and investigates the part played by another Edinburgh graduate, Caleb Saleeby, in promoting the development of helmets, body armour and shields. Saving Lives is an absorbing account of how the creator of Sherlock Holmes used his fame to campaign against the horrific casualties on the Western Front.

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