This is not a history of the First World War. It is the story of
the women of the resistance in Belgium and Occupied northern France
during that conflict. Stroud uses six main characters as a lens to
describe the work of an extraordinarily brave group of women. In
1914, before the Germans invaded, they were ordinary people –
some were poor, some were rich, some were low born and others from
the top echelons of society – they were drawn together by war and
they show what the individual can do when faced with apparently
overwhelming odds. Their work was not glamorous, but it was
essential and has often been overlooked; it was also dangerous and
the penalties severe: death or life imprisonment. Three of the
women he writes about faced the firing squad, including Louise
Derache (the first woman to die in front of a firing squad in WWI),
British nurse Edith Cavell, and Gabrielle Petit, the Beligian
national hero whose response to her imminent execution gives this
book its title: I am not afraid of staring into the Rifles. This is
a devastating story, beautifully told; it will introduce you
to an entirely new version of the war. Â
General
Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2024 |
Authors: |
Rick Stroud
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 153mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
384 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-398-50706-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-398-50706-7 |
Barcode: |
9781398507067 |
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