ISBN: 9780140178661

Lyn Macdonald's The Roses of No Man's Land is a compelling look at the women who risked their lives on the Western Front.'On the face of it,' writes Lyn Macdonald, 'no one could have been… Meer...

Lyn Macdonald's The Roses of No Man's Land is a compelling look at the women who risked their lives on the Western Front.'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 leaking tents and draughty huts they fought another war, a war against agony and death, as men lay suffering from the pain of unimaginable wounds or diseases we can now cure almost instantly. It was here that young doctors frantically forged new medical techniques - of blood transfusion, dentistry, psychiatry and plastic surgery - in the attempt to save soldiers shattered in body or spirit. And it was here that women achieved a quiet but permanent revolution, by proving beyond question they could do anything. All this is superbly captured in The Roses of No Man's Land, a panorama of hardship, disillusion and despair, yet also of endurance and supreme courage. 'Lyn Macdonald wrirtes splendidly and touchingly of the work of the nurses and doctors who fought their humanitarian battle on the Western Front' Sunday Telegraph Over the past twenty years Lyn Macdonald has established a popular reputation as an author and historian of the First World War. Her books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the First World War. Most are published by Penguin. Media > Book, [PU: Penguin Books]<

1993, ISBN: 014017866X

[EAN: 9780140178661], [PU: London : Penguin], Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 357 p. Su… Meer...

[EAN: 9780140178661], [PU: London : Penguin], Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 357 p. Subjects: Voluntary Aid Detachment (Great Britain) History. World War, 1914-1918 Medical care Great Britain. Nursing Great Britain History 20th century. Genre: Biography. Language: English. 1 Kg., Books<

1993, ISBN: 014017866X

[EAN: 9780140178661], [PU: Penguin UK], Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that … Meer...

[EAN: 9780140178661], [PU: Penguin UK], Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages., Books<