With The Armies Of The Tsar: A Nurse At The Russian Front 1914-18
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear, some fading on edges. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact.
With the Armies of the Tsar: A Nurse at the Russian Front 1914-18 is a remarkable firsthand memoir that chronicles the extraordinary wartime experiences of an English nurse serving with the Russian Imperial Army during the First World War. Florence Farmborough's vivid diary entries and photographs transport the reader directly to the chaos and carnage of the Eastern Front, presenting an intimate and unflinching portrait of war as witnessed by a woman of uncommon courage and resolve. Her account uncovers the human cost of one of history's most turbulent conflicts, capturing the suffering of soldiers and civilians alike amidst the collapse of Tsarist Russia. So powerful were her photographs that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn himself declared they inspired my imagination, a testament to the enduring historical and emotional weight of her remarkable record.
Author: Florence Farmborough
Format: Hardback
Published: 1975, Stein & Day, NY,
Genre: WW1
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear, some fading on edges. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact.
With the Armies of the Tsar: A Nurse at the Russian Front 1914-18 is a remarkable firsthand memoir that chronicles the extraordinary wartime experiences of an English nurse serving with the Russian Imperial Army during the First World War. Florence Farmborough's vivid diary entries and photographs transport the reader directly to the chaos and carnage of the Eastern Front, presenting an intimate and unflinching portrait of war as witnessed by a woman of uncommon courage and resolve. Her account uncovers the human cost of one of history's most turbulent conflicts, capturing the suffering of soldiers and civilians alike amidst the collapse of Tsarist Russia. So powerful were her photographs that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn himself declared they inspired my imagination, a testament to the enduring historical and emotional weight of her remarkable record.