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Who Killed Kitchener? - The Life and Death of Britain's Most Famous War Minister (Hardcover)
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Who Killed Kitchener? - The Life and Death of Britain's Most Famous War Minister (Hardcover)
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In June 1916, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener set sail from Orkney on
a secret mission to bolster the Russian war effort. Just a mile off
land and in the teeth of a force 9 gale, HMS Hampshire suffered a
huge explosion, sinking in little more than fifteen minutes. Crew
and passengers numbered 749; only twelve survived. Kitchener's body
was never found. Remembered today as the face of the famous First
World War recruitment drive, at the height of his career Kitchener
was feted as Britain's greatest military hero since Wellington. By
1916, however, his star was in its descent. A controversial figure
who did not make friends easily in Cabinet, he was considered by
many to be arrogant, secretive and high-handed. From the moment his
death was announced, rumours of a conspiracy began to flourish,
with the finger pointed variously at the Bolsheviks, Irish
nationalist saboteurs and even the British government. Using newly
released files kept secret for almost 100 years, former Cabinet
minister David Laws unravels the true story behind the demise of
this complex figure, debunking the conspiracy theories and
revealing the crucial blunders that the government and military
sought to cover up. The result is the definitive account of an
event that shook the country and which has been shrouded in mystery
ever since.
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