“A white city of desolation”: Verdun as seen by three British nurses
This paper focuses on the experience of British nurses, drawing on the personal accounts of K. Burke, W. Kenyon and S.M. Edwards, three British women posted on the Verdun front. Though acting at different levels of responsibility, these young volunteers went through converging experiences. Trying to...
Main Author: | Sylvie Pomiès-Maréchal |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique
2015-01-01
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Series: | Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/294 |
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