A Fine Brother: The Life of Captain Flora Sandes

by Louise Miller

Book Overview

Shortlisted for the HW Fisher Best First Biography Prize 2012

The only Western woman to enlist as a soldier in the First World War, the Englishwoman Flora Sandes became a heroine and a media sensation when she fought for the Serbian Army and pursued a distinguished career in its ranks. This account charts her incredible story: her tomboyish childhood in genteel Victorian England, her mission to Serbia as a Red Cross volunteer and subsequent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846882451
• ISBN13: 9781846882456
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"