immersive and touching love story that shows the heroism of nurses during the chaotic battles of World War I
In “Love in War” (published by Xlibris) author Alan Watchman creates an immersive and touching love story that shows the heroism of nurses during the chaotic battles of World War I.
The diaries and letters of Sister Catherine “Cissy” Black, a Rockhampton nurse during World War I, provide the basis for this romantic novel. Her personal story reveals insights into the hardships and suffering endured by nurses in hospitals and soldiers wounded in the trenches of Gallipoli. Cissy is one of thousands of nurses who volunteered and served their country but whose personal experiences have rarely been told.
It shows how she attends to the horrific wounds of Private Michael Fitzhubert in Egypt after he is stretchered from Quinn’s Post and keeps him alive. Typical of many nurses, she falls in love, but their relationship does not run smoothly after he recovers in England.
“Love in War” captures the sheer brutality of trench warfare and gives readers a whole new appreciation of the circumstances in which nurses were employed, of their working conditions and of the lack of recognition by the military and general population at the war’s end.
About the Author
Alan Watchman was born in Adelaide, was trained as a geologist, and has worked for more than 30 years as an international gold and minerals explorer, academic researcher and geoarchaeologist. He has written more than 50 peer-reviewed articles for publication in academic journals. In 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and was awarded the Centenary Medal for services to archaeology and the humanities. Under his pen name, Jane Bell, he wrote “Who Killed the Girls?” His other books include “No Time for Tears”, “Yarraman Gold” and “Secrets at Hanging Rock.” When he is not exploring for minerals, he writes short stories and novels. Alan lives in the Adelaide hills, South Australia
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