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Sisters of the Somme
True Stories from a First World War Field Hospital
Av Penny Starns
Häftad, 2016
160 kr
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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 …
Odette
World War Two's Darling Spy
Av Penny Starns
Häftad, 2018
165 kr
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Odette Brailly entered the nation's consciousness in the 1950s when her remarkable - and romantic - exploits as an SOE agent first came to light. She had been the first woman to be awarded the GC, as well as the Legion d'Honneur, and in 1950 the release of a film about her life made her the darling …
Oceans Apart
Stories of Overseas Evacuees in World War Two
Av Penny Starns
Häftad, 2022
165 kr
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From May 1940, the Children’s Overseas Reception Board began to move children to Australia, South Africa, Canada and New Zealand for their own safety during the Second World War. The scheme was extremely popular, and over 200,000 applications were made within just four months, while thousands of …
Surviving Tenko
The Story of Margot Turner
Av Penny Starns
Häftad, 2010
195 kr
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The dramatic tale of Margot Turner's survival as a prisoner of war during the Pacific conflict of the Second World War inspired the 1980s television series Tenko. The cargo ship on which she was evacuated from Singapore in 1942 was shelled, leaving her on a makeshift raft with sixteen other …
Escaping the Blitz
The Myths & Mayhem of Evacuation in the Second World War
Häftad, 2021
149 kr
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Escaping the Blitz is the story of the biggest social upheaval in British history. Portrayed by the government as a positive by-product of the Second World War, civilian evacuation represented the cornerstone of Britain's civil defence strategy. In a single stroke, children were uprooted from their …
Blitz Hospital
True Stories of Nursing in Wartime London
Av Penny Starns
Häftad, 2018
187 kr
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When the Blitz hit London, everything changed. Once, the Home Front was relatively safe – now it wasn’t. Suddenly, London was its own front line. Blitz Hospital follows the fortunes of two major London hospitals as they struggled to cope with mounting wartime casualties: St Thomas’ and The London. …
