A Fine Brother The Life of Captain Flora Sandes
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A FINE BROTHERThe Life of Captain
Flora Sandes
The first full-lengthbiography of the only
British woman to enlist as asoldier in the First World War
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The only festern woman tof,enlist as a soldief in,the Sirsf,WOfldWar, the Englishwom n Flra Sandes became a heroine and a mediasenstion when she'fought for the Serbian Army and,pufised'adistinguished career in its ranks. This accouot charts,her'inirediblstory: her tomboyish childhood in genteel Victorian Engla{, hermission to Serbia as a Red Cross volunteer and,subsequelt militaryenrolment, her celebrity lecture tours, her marriage to.a fellow officer,her survival in a Gestapo prison during the Second \fodd 'Silar andher final years in Suffolk.
A fascirrating haracter of her times and an inspiration to womenthe world over, Flora Sandes is brought to life and restored to herrightful place in history*by this biography compiled with the helpof her family, and using hirherto unpublished privare papers andphotographs !
"Mericulous biography... Sandes did not fight for ideology,but for excitement and camaraderie."
THE TTMES
"Miller's prose is clear, and she writes with passion about her subiect,iniecting a Saturday-morning picture-house feel to Flora's exploits on
the Serbian front line. It is this that makes the book a bracing narrative,appealing to the geneial reader."
THE SCOTSMAN
"This is an inspiring story, meticulously researched and referenced,of courageous women whose presence made a difference to an
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embattled and courageous country."THE SCOTS MAGAZINE
@lsBN 978-'t -84688-245-6
Born in England and educatedmainly in Canada, Louise Millerhas a Master's degree in both poli-tics and law A Fire Brcths lshetrst book, She is currently involvedin the making of documentaries onthe subiect of Anglo-Serbian rela-tions during the First World War
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