The roses of no man's land : nurses on the Western Front /
Macdonald, Lyn.
The roses of no man's land : nurses on the Western Front / Lyn MacDonald. - London : Penguin Books, 2013. - xv, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 1980.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'On the face of it,' writes Lyn Macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of Edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the First World War'. Yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasion; in this book they tell their own stories.
9780241952405 (pbk.) : 9.99 0241952409 (pbk.) : 9.99
Voluntary Aid Detachment (Great Britain)--History.
World War, 1914-1918--Medical care.
World War, 1914-1918--Women.
Military nursing--History--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Red Cross.
Warfare and Defence.
Warfare and Defence.
D629.G7
940.4754 MAC
The roses of no man's land : nurses on the Western Front / Lyn MacDonald. - London : Penguin Books, 2013. - xv, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 1980.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'On the face of it,' writes Lyn Macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of Edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the First World War'. Yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasion; in this book they tell their own stories.
9780241952405 (pbk.) : 9.99 0241952409 (pbk.) : 9.99
Voluntary Aid Detachment (Great Britain)--History.
World War, 1914-1918--Medical care.
World War, 1914-1918--Women.
Military nursing--History--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Red Cross.
Warfare and Defence.
Warfare and Defence.
D629.G7
940.4754 MAC