{"product_id":"the-citadel-9781447244554","title":"The Citadel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn influential part in laying the foundation of the NHS, \u003ci\u003eThe Citadel \u003c\/i\u003eis a moving story of tragedy, triumph and redemption.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen newly qualified doctor Andrew Manson takes up his first post in a Welsh mining community, the young Scot brings with him a bagful of idealism and enthusiasm. Both are soon strained to the limit as Andrew discovers the reality of performing operations on a kitchen table and washing in a scullery, of unspeakable sanitation, of common infantile cholera and enteritis. There are no X-rays, no ambulances - nothing to combat the disease and poverty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It isn’t long before Andrew’s outspokenness and determination make him enemies - as well as winning him friends, and the love of an idealistic schoolteacher. Riches that he risks losing when the fashionable, greedy world of London medicine claims him, with its private clinics, wealthy, spoilt patients and huge rewards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic saga by A J Cronin, one of the great mas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA.J. Cronin was perhaps the most successful novelist of the 1930s … probably as significant a figure as J.B. Priestley * The English Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003eImmensely successful, utterly ruthless * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most popular authors in the English speaking world * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eA grand story, well told, and better balanced than anything else he has done * Kirkus *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019858936151,"sku":"9781447244554","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447244554.jpg?v=1750781500","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-citadel-9781447244554","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}