The First Casualty
by Ben Elton
The First Casualty is a novel by Ben Elton, first published in London by Bantam Press in 2005. A First World War crime story set around the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917, it sends a conscientious objector to the front to investigate the death of a British officer who was also a celebrated poet.
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- Bantam Press, 2005
- First published
- Bantam Press, London, 2005
The first edition of The First Casualty by Ben Elton was published by Bantam Press in 2005. We track 1 edition.
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Who published the first edition of The First Casualty?
The first edition of The First Casualty by Ben Elton was published by Bantam Press in 2005.
How many editions of The First Casualty are there?
We track 1 edition of The First Casualty, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- The First Casualty (Q7734085), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
- The First Casualty (London: Bantam, 2005), Internet Archive (archive.org)
- Ben Elton, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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