The Last Day, The Last Hour: The Currie Libel Trial
by Robert J. Sharpe, Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal
Published for the Osgoode Society by the University of Toronto Press.
Cost: $25.00
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The Osgoode Society first published Robert Sharpe's study of the
libel action launched by Sir Arthur Currie in 1988, sixty years after
the case itself had captured the attention of the whole country. In
the two decades since it has been our best seller, and we are
reprinting it in a new edition as part of the our 30th anniversary
celebrations. The story of Currie's response to allegations that as
commander of the Canadian Corps in the first world war he had
recklessly risked the lives of his troops in an attempt to gain
credit for himself has lost none of its appeal. This is a fascinating
account of one particular trial, a book that tells two compelling
stories - the military and the legal - interwoven with human frailty,
vanity and pride.
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