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Sisters of the Somme: True Stories from a First World War Field Hospital
Penny Starns
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Description for Sisters of the Somme: True Stories from a First World War Field Hospital
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
With First World War casualties mounting, there was an appeal for volunteers to train as front-line medical staff. Many women heeded the call: some responding to a vocational or religious calling, others following a sweetheart to the front, and some carried away on the jingoistic patriotism that gripped the nation in 1914. Despite their training, these young women were ill-prepared for the anguished cries of the wounded and the stench of gangrene and trench foot awaiting them at the Somme. Isolated from friends and family, most discovered an inner strength, forging new and close relationships with each ... Read more
With First World War casualties mounting, there was an appeal for volunteers to train as front-line medical staff. Many women heeded the call: some responding to a vocational or religious calling, others following a sweetheart to the front, and some carried away on the jingoistic patriotism that gripped the nation in 1914. Despite their training, these young women were ill-prepared for the anguished cries of the wounded and the stench of gangrene and trench foot awaiting them at the Somme. Isolated from friends and family, most discovered an inner strength, forging new and close relationships with each ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750961622
SKU
V9780750961622
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Ref
99-50
About Penny Starns
Penny Starnshas a PhD in the history of medicine from the University of Bristol and is an established historian and writer. She is the author of Odette: World War Two s Darling Spy, Surviving Tenko: The True Story of Margot Turner, and Blitz Families: The Children who Stayed Behind.
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