{"product_id":"2026200014320-secondhand-the-lovely-sergeant","title":"The Lovely Sergeant","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the chaos and dust of wartime China, one extraordinary woman carved out a legend that would outlast the conflict itself — The Lovely Sergeant chronicles the remarkable true story of Hu Lan-Shih, a young Chinese woman who rose through the ranks of a male-dominated military to become one of the most celebrated figures of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Alan Burgess reconstructs her journey with vivid, journalistic precision, drawing on firsthand accounts to present a portrait of courage, sacrifice, and an indomitable spirit set against a backdrop of one of history's most brutal conflicts. The narrative moves with the urgency of a battlefield dispatch, placing the reader alongside a woman whose bravery defied every social and military convention of her era.\n\nBurgess, renowned for his ability to render extraordinary lives with clarity and humanity, brings the same compelling storytelling craft here that distinguished his celebrated works on other wartime figures. The Lovely Sergeant stands as a vital document of not only one soldier's personal triumph, but also the broader human cost of a war that reshaped an entire nation — leaving the reader to wonder how many such stories of quiet heroism were forever swallowed by history's long silence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161010315483,"sku":"2026200014320-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/dd096561-ea34-4268-99ec-90ee86d0f1a8.png?v=1787188933","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014320-secondhand-the-lovely-sergeant","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}