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Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

The women of the Red Cross at war The author of this book, Violetta Thurston was a trained Red Cross volunteer senior administrator and nurse sent to Belgium by the organisation in the early days of the First World War in charge of a party of British nurses expecting to assist wounded British soldiers. Instead, they arrived to find the country on the brink of collapse and the roads around the capital clogged with refugees fleeing the combat zo...

The women of the Red Cross at war The author of this book, Violetta Thurston was a trained Red Cross volunteer senior administrator and nurse sent to Belgium by the organisation in the early days of the First World War in charge of a party of British nurses expecting to assist wounded British soldiers. Instead, they arrived to find the country on the brink of collapse and the roads around the capital clogged with refugees fleeing the combat zo...

Weaving Patterns of Yesterday and Today" explores the history of weaving and weaving patterns, first looking at its origins before walking the reader trough the various methods used to produce different patterns. With detailed explanations and simple, step-by-step instructions, this profusely-illustrated guide is highly recommended for those with an interest in weaving and its developments throughout the ages. Contents include: "The Harness", ...

Excerpt from Field Hospital and Flying Column: Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium Russia The field was hung round with Chinese lanterns throwing weird lights and shadows over the mysterious forms Of men and beasts that moved therein. It was fascinating to watch the stately entrance into the field, Lancers, Irish Ri¿es, Welsh Fusiliers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and cla...

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: World War, 1914-1918, Fiction / Classics, History / Military / General, History / Military / World War I,

The Shelf2Life WWI Memoirs Collection is an engaging set of pre-1923 materials that describe life during the Great War through memoirs, letters and diaries. Poignant personal narratives from soldiers, doctors and nurses on the front lines to munitions workers and land girls on the home front, offer invaluable insight into the sacrifices men and women made for their country. Photographs and illustrations intensify stories of struggle and surviv...

Violetta Thurstan (1879-1978) was a nurse during the First World War. In 1914 she was appointed matron of a British ambulance stationed in Brussels. When the German authorities asked for volunteers to nurse in Marcelline, she offered to go, and took two nurses with her, leaving the remainder of her contingent in Brussels. She was in charge of a hospital under the German military command, where she nursed Belgian, French, and German wounded. Sh...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.