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A Volunteer Nurse on the Western Front: Memoirs from a WWI camp hospital

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A Volunteer Nurse on the Western Front: Memoirs from a WWI camp hospital

Starring Oona Chaplin as a V.A.D. (Voluntary Aid Detachment), and Suranne Jones and Hermione Norris as trained nurses, The Crimson Field is a gripping drama set in a tented hospital on the coast of France, where plucky real-life V.A.D. Olive Dent served two years of the Great War, and kept this extraordinarily vivid diary of day-to-day life â€“ ever cheerful through the bitter cold, the chilblains, hunger and exhaustion.

Resilient, courageous and resourceful, nurses, doctors and patients alike do their best to support each other. A Christmas fancy-dress ball, a concert performed by a stoic orchestra covered in bandages, church services held in a marquee and letters from Blighty all keep spirits up in camp, as wounded soldiers suffer terribly with quiet dignity on the makeshift wards, and nurses rush round tirelessly to make them as comfortable as possible.

With original illustrations throughout by fellow V.A.D.s, Oliveâ€™s memoir is a fascinating period piece, a rare first-hand account of this little-known story, which will resonate very strongly with viewers of The Crimson Field.

Country	USA
Author	Olive Dent
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780753550755
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Virgin Digital
Manufacturer	Virgin Digital
NumberOfPages	304
PublicationDate	2014-02-27
Publisher	Virgin Digital
ReleaseDate	2014-02-27
Studio	Virgin Digital

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