Women of War

A fascinating and deeply moving novel set in the chaotic early months of the First World War. August 1914. A world where men are deemed superior. But as World War One begins, two women will prove the world wrong. Edie Lawrence has never been one to play by the rules. As war in Europe is declared, she disguises herself as a man with the aim of reporting the truth from the battlefields, and ultimately realise her dream of becoming a journalist. Dr Lucinda Garland volunteers her medical services to the War Office. But her offer is met with rejection. Undeterred, alongside the French Red Cross she sets up an all-female-run hospital in Paris. As Lucinda does her best to cope with the horrific injuries that come her way, she finds herself losing her heart to someone unexpected. And when Edie is injured and her gender revealed, the fates of these brave women, each determined to do whatever they can for their country, but also for womankind, intertwine in ways that none of them could ever have foreseen.