Heroic Australian Women In War

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: First Edition

Description: 296 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The Stories Of Eleven Outstanding Australian Women Over The Course Of Two World Wars.

Publishers Description: In this inspiring book, Susanna de Vries profiles the love, dedication and selflessness of eleven outstanding women over the course of two world from Olive Kin, who saved countless lives in the war-ravaged Balkans, although she lost her heart; to Gallipoli nurse Alice Kitchen, who also served in France; to Vivian Bullwinkel, who survived the Bangka Island Massacre only to face more than three years watching her colleagues die as Japanese prisoners of war. Facing not only the astounding courage they displayed amid death and chaos but also on the triumphs and pain of their personal lives, Susanna reveals how these women were as influential and heroic in civil life as they were in war.

ISBN: 9780732276690