An English Governess in the Great War

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Author	: Mary Thorp
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 289
Release	: 2017
ISBN-10	: 9780190276706
ISBN-13	: 0190276703
Rating	: 4/5 (06 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis An English Governess in the Great War by : Mary Thorp

Book excerpt: 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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