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Pearls Before Poppies - The True Story of the Red Cross Pearls (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Pearls Before Poppies - The True Story of the Red Cross Pearls (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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List price R322
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Discovery Miles 2 970
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In February 1918, when the First World War was still being bitterly
fought, prominent society member Lady Northcliffe conceived an idea
to help raise funds for the British Red Cross. Using her husband's
newspapers, The Times and the Daily Mail, she ran a campaign to
collect enough pearls to create a necklace, intending to raffle the
piece to raise money. The campaign captured the public's
imagination. Over the next nine months nearly 4,000 pearls poured
in from around the world. Pearls were donated in tribute to lost
brothers, husbands and sons, and groups of women came together to
contribute one pearl on behalf of their communities. Those donated
ranged from priceless heirlooms -one had survived the sinking of
the Titanic - to imperfect yet treasured trinkets. Working with
Christie's and the International Fundraising Committee of the
British Red Cross, author Rachel Trethewey expertly weaves the
touching story of a generation of women who gave what they had to
aid the war effort and commemorate their losses. In this new,
updated edition, the last string of Red Cross pearls is revealed
for the first time and the story behind their discovery told.
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