Who Killed Kitchener?: The Life and Death of Britain's most famous War Minister
By David Laws
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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 fêted 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.
David Laws
David Laws is a national newspaper journalist and an award-winning novelist. The author of two thrillers, Munich: The Man Who Said No! and Exit Day, he invests heavily in background research for his novels and bases the characters close to his Suffolk home at Bury St Edmunds. When not working as a reporter or sub-editor on newspapers and magazines, he has tried his hand at driving buses and trains, flying gliders, selling glassware, delivering bread, and some very reluctant soldiering.
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