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1 online resource (289 pages) |
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text file |
| Summary |
Mary Thorp, an English governess working for a Belgian-Russian family in German-occupied Brussels, kept a secret war diary from September 1916 to January 1919. This long-forgotten diary sheds light on an important aspect of the First World War: civilian life under military occupation in a transnational conflict. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: "Still I Feel I Did My Duty" : Diary of an English Governess, 1916-1919 -- Historical Background: Life in an Occupied City : Brussels -- Framing the Diary : A Note from the Editors -- Mary Thorp's Diary -- Part 1. No "Eleventh Hour" : September 1916-February 1917 -- Part 2: "Qui Vivra Verra" : March-December 1917 -- Part 3: "We Still Hear the Same Eternal Cannon" : January-October 1918 -- Part 4. "The Book of Peace!!!" : October 1918-January 1919 -- Epilogue: "Quite Nice to Be Remembered" -- Appendix: Thorp Family Tree. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Thorp, Mary, 1864-1945 -- Diaries.
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Thorp, Mary, 1864-1945. |
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Diaries.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British.
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World War (1914-1918) |
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Personal narratives -- British.
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English diaries -- Belgium -- Brussels.
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English diaries. |
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Belgium -- Brussels. |
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Governesses -- Belgium -- Brussels -- Diaries.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Belgium -- Brussels.
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Civilians in war -- Belgium -- Brussels -- History -- 20th century.
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History. |
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20th century |
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Brussels (Belgium) -- Biography.
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Governesses. |
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War I. |
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Civilians in war. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Social aspects. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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History.
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Diaries.
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Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Proctor, Tammy M., 1968-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: De Schaepdrijver, Sophie. An English Governess in the Great War : The Secret Brussels Diary of Mary Thorp. Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2017 |
| ISBN |
9780190276713 |
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0190276711 |
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9780190276706 |
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0190276703 |
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