In the Great War, every act of courage counted… Angelina Green never knew her mother, who left her in a cardboard box by the East London docks on a freezing November night when she was a tiny baby. Saved by a local orphanage, she knows she owes her life to the kindness of others. And she’s determined to repay her debt by working as a nurse.Strong, kind and patient, Angelina is a natural on the ward. But when war breaks out in 1914 and she is sent to The Front, her courage is tested like never before…As war rages around her, a chance meeting with a familiar soldier sends Angelina’s whole world into turmoil. Can she hold her nerve, save the men around her – and protect her heart?Don’t miss this emotional story of one woman’s remarkable courage in the face of the Great War.Praise for Rosie James:‘Front Line Nurse is a wonderful book that gives insight to what nurses went through during the war’‘The characters were enjoyable from beginning to the end!’‘Fantastic war saga very enthralling and feel good factor. Rosie James doesn’t disappoint and this book was no different she writes with such warmth…Highly recommended’‘This was a great piece of historical fiction!’‘A delightful story to read’
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Rosie James. Front Line Nurse
About the Author
Also by Rosie James
Front Line Nurse. ROSIE JAMES
Chapter 1. November 1900
Chapter 2
Chapter 3. December 1913
August 1914
Chapter 4. March 1915
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7. August 1915
Chapter 8. December 1915
Christmas Eve 1915
Chapter 9. Boxing Day 1915
Chapter 10. May 1916
Chapter 11
Saturday 1st July, 1916
Chapter 12
Four days later …
Chapter 13. 18th November 1916
Christmas 1916
Chapter 14. March 1917
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
11th November 1918
Chapter 17. April 1919
July 1919
Chapter 18. December 1919
Chapter 19. March 1920
May 1920
Chapter 20. July 1920
Chapter 21. May 1921
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25. December 1921
Epilogue
About the Publisher
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A dedicated reader and scribbler all her life, ROSIE JAMES completed her first novel (sadly unpublished) before reaching her teens.
Significant success came much later, and over the last twelve years newspaper and magazine articles, short stories and romantic novels followed under her other pen name Susanne James.
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‘But why is the orphanage to close?’
‘Lack of funding, I’m afraid,’ the superintendent said. ‘Of course, we get a little parish relief but our principal benefactor died earlier this year, and sadly he left no provision for the orphanage in his will.’ She paused, smiling briefly. ‘He had been more than generous in his lifetime and I don’t think there was very much left in the end.’
