The roses of no man s land

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THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE BBC DRAMA THE CRIMSON FIELD



'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 writes 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.

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The Roses of No Man's Land

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Walking straight out of edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the first world war the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasion in leaking tents they fought another war a war against agony and death this book captures a panorama of hardship disillusion and despair and Uiterlijk 8 november in huis .. MEER INFO

1915

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Over two decades research puts lyn macdonald among the greatest popular chroniclers of the first world war in 1915 the death of innocence from the poignant memories of participants she has once again created an unforgettable slice of military history by the end of 1914 the battered british fo Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

They Called it Passchendaele

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The third battle of ypres culminating in a desperate struggle for the ridge and little village of passchendaele was one of the most appalling campaigns in the first world war in this masterly piece of oral history lyn macdonald lets over 600 participants speak for themselves a million tommies Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: E-book

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 24 juni 1993

Ebook Formaat: Adobe ePub

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Hoofdauteur: Lyn Macdonald

Tweede Auteur: Macdonald Lyn

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin

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EAN: 9780141960326

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