The roses of no man's land : nurses on the Western Front /
by Macdonald, Lyn.
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin Books, 2013Description: xv, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780241952405 (pbk.) :; 0241952409 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 940.4754 MACSubject(s): 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 DefenceSummary: '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.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.4754 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002960794X |
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.
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