Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
(4,357 Sterne; 7 Bewertungen)
A personal account of the American author's visit to Europe in January 1915 while a war correspondent in Belgium for The Saturday Evening Post. She writes: "War is not two great armies meeting in a clash and frenzy of battle. It is much more than that. War is a boy carried on a stretcher, looking up at God's blue sky with bewildered eyes that are soon to close; war is a woman carrying a child that has been wounded by a shell; war is spirited horses tied in burning buildings and waiting for death; war is the flower of a race, torn, battered, hungry, bleeding, up to its knees in icy water; war is an old woman burning a candle before the Mater Dolorosa for the son she has given. For King and Country!" (Summary by MaryAnn and M.R.R.) (10 hr 26 min)
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(4,5 Sterne)
Very good story. Kept my interest all the way. Now onto another Rinehart book.
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(5 Sterne)
absolutely powerful in its content and inspiringly written.
A very good view of the war and an interesting read
Catherine, England
(4 Sterne)