An English Governess in the Great War

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An English Governess in the Great War

Author	: Mary Thorp
File Size	: 45,9 Mb
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 02 June 2024
ISBN	: 9780190276706
Pages	: 289 pages

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An English Governess in the Great War by Mary Thorp Book PDF Summary

"Mary Thorp, an English governess working for a Belgian-Russian family in German-occupied Brussels, kept a secret war diary from September 1916 to January 1919. This long-forgotten diary sheds light on an important aspect of the First World War: civilian life under military occupation in a transnational conflict"--

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