Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force for much of the First World War. He directed major offensives on the Somme and at Passchendaele and later oversaw the army during the Hundred Days victories of 1918.

Griff Hosker’s 1914 is set in the summer of 1914. The world stands on the brink of chaos, and for young William Harsker, life is about to change forever. Griff Hosker’s 1915 Fokker Scourge places Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig within a narrative shaped by social change and the pressures of ordinary life and court politics and dynastic power. Other novels featuring Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig include Griff Hosker’s 1916 Angels Over the Somme, Griff Hosker’s 1917 Eagles Fall, Griff Hosker’s 1918, Griff Hosker’s From Arctic Snow to Desert Sand, and Griff Hosker’s Wings Over Persia.