- Published: 12 September 2013
- ISBN: 9781448162352
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
Wounded
From Battlefield to Blighty, 1914-1918
- Published: 12 September 2013
- ISBN: 9781448162352
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
Powerful… Does justice to the experience of the wounded and the dedication of the doctors, nurses, orderlies, stretcher bearers and volunteers who cared for them, by weaving together the testimonies of individuals into a moving history
A W Purdue, Times Higher Education
Moving
Tony Rennell, Daily Mail
Wounded is a powerful and descriptive read, and through it I found a greater understanding of what it was to be part of that war
Sarah Mullally, Church Times
Among the many books commemorating the conflict, one stands out for its specialisation. This is Wounded... Mayhew is to be commended for giving us these testimonies
Colin Gardiner, Oxford Times
A fascinating read
Stephen Coulson, Lady
Both tragic and uplifting, for me it brought home the full horrors of the war
Cultural Voyager
Fascinating
Gun Mart
Mayhew deftly describes such daily horrors as shattered jaws and severed arteries, filthy uniforms and decay. What takes the book beyond the standard accounts of the trenches, however, is its depiction of how such terrible circumstances forced people to respond in remarkable ways
Victoria Segal, Guardian
An original and absorbing account... [Mayhew] has a marvellous eye for quirky and horrifying detail... Absolutely compelling
Peter Parker, Times Literary Supplement
Requires total immersion followed by quiet contemplation… Not only a history of medicine. It is a history dedicated to men […] for whom the war-afflicted body was a life sentence
Joanna Bourke, Lancet
Powerful… Does justice to the experience of the wounded and the dedication of the doctors, nurses, orderlies, stretcher bearers and volunteers who cared for them, by weaving together the testimonies of individuals into a moving history
A W Purdue, Times Higher Education Supplement
Moving
Tony Rennell, Daily Mail