War and Politics Biographical Books
War and Public Causes Biographical Books lists books about Arthur Conan Doyle's involvement in war, military affairs, patriotic causes, public campaigns, and wartime networks. These works examine Conan Doyle as a public figure engaged with the Boer War, the First World War, military reform, battlefield experience, and the practical protection of soldiers.
The books are listed in reverse chronological order.
Books about Conan Doyle and War
Something of Themselves: Kipling, Kingsley, Conan Doyle and the Anglo-Boer War
By Sarah LeFanu
Oxford University Press
2020
352 pages
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Something of Themselves is a historical and biographical study of Rudyard Kipling, Mary Kingsley and Arthur Conan Doyle in relation to the Anglo-Boer War. Sarah LeFanu examines how the conflict shaped their public roles, imperial views, writings, reputations and personal trajectories.
Angels in the Trenches: Spiritualism, Superstition and the Supernatural During the First World War
By Dr. Leo Ruickbie
Robinson
2020
432 pages
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Angels in the Trenches studies spiritualism, superstition and supernatural belief during the First World War, from the Angel of Mons to the rise of spiritualist societies after mass bereavement. Arthur Conan Doyle appears as part of this wartime spiritualist context, especially through his explanation that the heavy death toll had intensified public interest in communication with the dead.
Saving Lives: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Campaign for Body Armour, 1914-18
By Philip Abbott
Royal Armouries
2017
88 pages
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Saving Lives studies Conan Doyle's First World War campaign for better protection of soldiers through body armour. Philip Abbott examines Conan Doyle's correspondence, arguments, public advocacy and practical concern for reducing casualties on the battlefield. The book is a focused study of Conan Doyle's wartime humanitarian activism and his attempt to influence military policy during 1914-18.
Aide-de-Camp to Conan Doyle: The Boer War Diary of Charles Blasson
By Ken Cooper
Amazon
2013
64 pages
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Aide-de-Camp to Conan Doyle publishes and studies the Boer War diary of Charles Blasson, who was connected with Conan Doyle during the South African conflict. The book provides a documentary perspective on Conan Doyle's wartime circle, field experience and practical involvement during the Boer War, making it relevant to studies of Conan Doyle's military and public life.
Books about War by Conan Doyle himself
Essays
- The Great Boer War (1900)
- The War in South Africa: Its Cause and Conduct (1902)
- Great Britain and the Next War (1914)
- To Arms! (1914)
- The German War (1914)
- A Visit to Three Fronts (1916)
- The British Campaign in France and Flanders (1916-1920)
Fictions
- Danger! (1914)
- The Guards Came Through and Other Poems (1919)
