{"product_id":"katharine-asquiths-nursing-diary","title":"Katharine Asquith's Nursing Diary","description":"\u003cp\u003eKatharine Asquith worked as a nurse following\nthe death of her husband Raymond, killed on the Somme in 1916. Well connected,\nshe was born in 1855, daughter of Sir John Horner of Mells\u003cb\u003e; \u003c\/b\u003eand daughter-in-law\nof H.H. Asquith, prime minister from 1908 to 1916. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the deaths of her husband and brother Edward (killed on the Front in 1917) prompted her to make the\nchoice between her role as mother to three children and her calling to serve in\nthe war effort. She worked as a volunteer close to the front lines in St Omer under\nMillie, Duchess of Sutherland.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\nThe diary is a\nfascinating and moving account of hospital life, weeks of quiet interspersed\nwith bursts of activity when fresh batches of wounded arrived. The work was\nleavened with the unique social life of the Western Front, meetings with\nofficers who were often stretched to the limits of nervous exhaustion,\nsurprising adventures in the air or visiting the front lines. And as a\nbackground to all this a love of poetry and prose lighting up a brave and\nsensitive character.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 96 pages | Published June 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63969560133981,"sku":"9781912945511","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781912945511.jpg?v=1774369068","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/katharine-asquiths-nursing-diary","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}