Harvest of War (2012)
“British Tommies rubbed shoulders with French poilous and Serbs in their borrowed French uniforms and English boots.
Leonora Malham Brown threaded her way through the crowds in the narrow streets leading down to the harbour. Men stepped back to let her pass and some saluted, but she knew that their respect was due more to the red crosses on her nurse’s uniform than to her personally, though some of the Serbs greeted her by name as Gospodica Leo. She had earned their respect, and indeed their lov...e, during the terrible privations of the retreat through the mountains of Albania in the winter of 1915 and its aftermath. The long dress and starched apron restricted her stride and she would have been happier in her FANY uniform of riding breeches under a divided skirt, but she had abandoned it for two reasons. The first was the simple fact that the serviceable tweed was just too heavy for Salonika in summer. The second was more complex. It was important for her to give the impression of respectability, for Sasha’s sake.MoreLess
Leonora Malham Brown threaded her way through the crowds in the narrow streets leading down to the harbour. Men stepped back to let her pass and some saluted, but she knew that their respect was due more to the red crosses on her nurse’s uniform than to her personally, though some of the Serbs greeted her by name as Gospodica Leo. She had earned their respect, and indeed their lov...e, during the terrible privations of the retreat through the mountains of Albania in the winter of 1915 and its aftermath. The long dress and starched apron restricted her stride and she would have been happier in her FANY uniform of riding breeches under a divided skirt, but she had abandoned it for two reasons. The first was the simple fact that the serviceable tweed was just too heavy for Salonika in summer. The second was more complex. It was important for her to give the impression of respectability, for Sasha’s sake.MoreLess
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