The Care and Management of Lies: A Novel of the Great War by Jacqueline Winspear

The Care and Management of Lies: A Novel of the Great War Jacqueline Winspear ebook
Page: 336
ISBN: 9780062220509
Format: pdf
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Jul 5, 2012 - Others, following in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale who pioneered the institution of professional nursing in the Crimean War, took to directly caring for the wounded, treating the sick and ensuring the health of the troops. Mar 19, 2014 - The year 1930 saw the publication of two of the most perceptive works ever written on the Great War: the essay by Ernst Jünger «Die totale Mobilmachung» (Total Mobilization) and the autobiographic novel Vaterlandslose Gesellen: Das .. I checked Jacqueline Winspear's web site and sure enough, The Care and Management of Lies is due on July 1st to coincide with the 100th anniversary of The Great War. Harriet Beecher Stowe was a passionate abolitionist, and her book,Uncle Tom's Cabin, made her an international celebrity, and is considered one of the causes of the civil war. The novel is set in Civil War era Richmond, VA. Feb 3, 2014 - Maisie Dobbs, a former maid who served as a nurse in the Great War, returned home to England to deal with her nation's troubled post-war psyche—and the resulting crimes. But this year, Winspear is trying something new: She's written a novel set during World War I instead of after it, one that doesn't star her now-famous detective. Jan 10, 2012 - It was that way in the book, it certainly was that way on the boards, in the West End, and that's what we tried to do in our adaptation… was to really create a bonding story where Joey basically circumvents the emotional globe of the Great War and gets very connected with people who are not only caring for Joey, but more importantly Joey has a way of bringing people together, especially people from both sides of the war. The Care and Management of Lies (Harper) will be published in June. And that was very evident in the play.