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His Last Bow: This Terrible August (G)
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vayshCanon Story: His Last Bow
Title: This Terrible August
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vaysh
Rating: G
Words: 60
Author's Notes: I took some liberties with the timeline of Arthur Conan Doyle's biography; in reality his son Kingsley was wounded already in 1916 on the first day of the battle of the Somme, and not in 1917 when "His Last Bow" was written. Kingsley Conan Doyle died of war-related influenza in 1918.
The pen is poised, the story due for publication in September. He likes to start in the middle of things. But the pen falters.
The telegram sits on the side of his desk. His son has been gravely wounded on the Somme. He cannot lose Kingsley, simply can't. The pen writes most terrible and blood-red gash and he hopes, hopes –
Title: This Terrible August
Author:
vayshRating: G
Words: 60
Author's Notes: I took some liberties with the timeline of Arthur Conan Doyle's biography; in reality his son Kingsley was wounded already in 1916 on the first day of the battle of the Somme, and not in 1917 when "His Last Bow" was written. Kingsley Conan Doyle died of war-related influenza in 1918.
The pen is poised, the story due for publication in September. He likes to start in the middle of things. But the pen falters.
The telegram sits on the side of his desk. His son has been gravely wounded on the Somme. He cannot lose Kingsley, simply can't. The pen writes most terrible and blood-red gash and he hopes, hopes –
