Material type: BookSeries: eBooks on Demand.Ashgate Studies in First World War History: Publisher: Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2013Description: 1 online resource (289 p.).ISBN: 9780754695189.Subject(s): Hankey, Donald, 1884-1916 | Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography | War and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Great BritainGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Student in Arms' : Donald Hankey and Edwardian Society at WarDDC classification: 941.082092 | 941.083092 Online resources: Click here to view this ebook.
Summary: In this, the first scholarly biography of Donald Hankey - the 'Student in Arms' of the first world war - Ross Davies recovers his life, from his birth into a banking and slave-owning dynasty in 1884 to his death at the Somme in 1916. Hankey's story marks a significant contribution to our understanding both of the 'pre-Somme' mediation of the experience of war for the British and American publics, and to our wider understanding of Edwardian society at war.
In this, the first scholarly biography of Donald Hankey - the 'Student in Arms' of the first world war - Ross Davies recovers his life, from his birth into a banking and slave-owning dynasty in 1884 to his death at the Somme in 1916. Hankey's story marks a significant contribution to our understanding both of the 'pre-Somme' mediation of the experience of war for the British and American publics, and to our wider understanding of Edwardian society at war.