An English governess in the Great War : the secret Brussels diary of Mary Thorp

Thorp, Mary, 1864-1945, author.

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"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"-- Provided by publisher

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ISBN:

9780190276706
0190276703

Description:

280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index

Contents:

Introduction: "Still I Feel I Did My Duty" : Diary of an English Governess, 1916-1919
Historical Background: Life in an Occupied City : Brussels
Framing the Diary : A Note from the Editors
Mary Thorp's Diary
Part 1. No "Eleventh Hour" : September 1916-February 1917
Part 2: "Qui Vivra Verra" : March-December 1917
Part 3: "We Still Hear the Same Eternal Cannon" : January-October 1918
Part 4. "The Book of Peace!!!" : October 1918-January 1919
Epilogue: "Quite Nice to Be Remembered"
Appendix: Thorp Family Tree

LCCN:

2016045081

Control Number:

2358611

Other Authors:

De Schaepdrijver, Sophie, editor
Proctor, Tammy M., 1968- editor

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