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A review by bluefairybug
Three Brave Hearts. Traces of my Uncles in the Great War by Liz Middleton
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Absolutely fascinating!
This book says its the story of "my uncles in the Great War" but it so much more than that! I have learned a bit about Robert Louis Stevenson, Princess Louise and her husband, J.R.R Tolkien and the First World War in general.
I found the information about vision and how it can be affected by MH fascinating. The accounts of how this,and shell shock in general, were treated were horrific. So much damage was done to so many. But now we know better, we can do better. I was pleased to see the recognition of intergenerational trauma that is only really beginning to be recognised now.
The book itself is wonderfully written, and interspersed with pictures and poems, some I knew, some were new to me. The research is all backed up with references AND joy of joys... there is a glossary where the Scots, French and German terms are translated!
Thank you so much to Liz for sharing this amazing family history. I think Sir Winston Churchill summed it up when he said "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" (and yes, he said that in WW2, but I think it applies to all soldiers.)
This book says its the story of "my uncles in the Great War" but it so much more than that! I have learned a bit about Robert Louis Stevenson, Princess Louise and her husband, J.R.R Tolkien and the First World War in general.
I found the information about vision and how it can be affected by MH fascinating. The accounts of how this,and shell shock in general, were treated were horrific. So much damage was done to so many. But now we know better, we can do better. I was pleased to see the recognition of intergenerational trauma that is only really beginning to be recognised now.
The book itself is wonderfully written, and interspersed with pictures and poems, some I knew, some were new to me. The research is all backed up with references AND joy of joys... there is a glossary where the Scots, French and German terms are translated!
Thank you so much to Liz for sharing this amazing family history. I think Sir Winston Churchill summed it up when he said "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" (and yes, he said that in WW2, but I think it applies to all soldiers.)