War Classics

The Remarkable Memoir of Scottish Scholar Christina Keith on the Western Front

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II, Biography & Memoir, Historical
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Author: Flora Johnston ISBN: 9780750956888
Publisher: The History Press Publication: March 3, 2014
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Flora Johnston
ISBN: 9780750956888
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: March 3, 2014
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

Christina Keith came from the small town of Thurso on the far north coast of Scotland. Highly intelligent and ambitious, she became a lecturer in Classics at a time when that was still a brave and unusual choice for a woman. Towards the end of World War I she left behind the sheltered world of academia to live and work among soldiers of all social backgrounds as a lecturer with the army’s education scheme in France. She writes with warmth and humor of her experiences. When she and a companion travel across the devastated battlefields just a short time after the guns have fallen silent, her descriptions are both evocative and moving. Christina’s memoir offers a truly fresh perspective on life with the army in northern France.

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Christina Keith came from the small town of Thurso on the far north coast of Scotland. Highly intelligent and ambitious, she became a lecturer in Classics at a time when that was still a brave and unusual choice for a woman. Towards the end of World War I she left behind the sheltered world of academia to live and work among soldiers of all social backgrounds as a lecturer with the army’s education scheme in France. She writes with warmth and humor of her experiences. When she and a companion travel across the devastated battlefields just a short time after the guns have fallen silent, her descriptions are both evocative and moving. Christina’s memoir offers a truly fresh perspective on life with the army in northern France.

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