The Madman and the Butcher: The Sensational Wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie
Toronto: Allen Lane Canada, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Very Good / Fine. Item #008992
Full tan paper boards. viii, 472 pp. Staining to lower rear corner of text block. Bookplate of Adrienne Taylor to front pastedown, and their ownership inscription to title page. In fine jacket. Award-winning author Tim Cook turns his narrative powers to the conflict between two towering Great War figures: Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian Corps commander, and Sir Sam Hughes, Canada's War Minister. Set against the backdrop of Europe's battlefields and Canada's political tumult, The Madman and the Butcher explores the nation's discomfort with heroes, the need to place blame, and the very public war of reputations that raged on after the guns fell silent.
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