{"product_id":"contacts-and-contrasts-9781905021093","title":"Contacts and Contrasts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelena Gleichen, Queen Victoria's great-niece and cousin to George V, gives the lie to the belief that Victorian women were meek, submissive and led restricted lives. A passionate horsewoman and successful artist, the autobiographical anecdotes in the earlier part of the book are lively and amusing. The longer second section gives a detailed account of how she and Nina Hollings, her long-term companion and sister of the composer and suffragette Ethel Smyth, raised and manned one of the first mobile X-Ray units to be used by the British in World War I - Marie Curie was organizing the French radiography service - for which they both received numerous decorations. Helena Gleichen paints a vivid picture of the war in Italy, which tends to be little remembered compared to the Western Front, and above all gives an extremely interesting account of how the X-ray Unit was set up and operated, and the considerable impact it had on the treatment and survival rate of the wounded. Gleichen's fascinating writings are here given a new Introduction by Caroline Stone.","brand":"Zeticula Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771744551255,"sku":"9781905021093","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781905021093.jpg?v=1758728935","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contacts-and-contrasts-9781905021093","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}