a compelling and vivid tale of love, betrayal and duty in the Second World War

A Nurse at War

A compelling and vivid tale of love, betrayal and duty in the Second World War.

This wonderfully engaging and unputdownable wartime saga from much-loved author Maggie Holt is perfect for fans of Call the Midwife, Dilly Court and Donna Douglas. You'll be hooked from page one! 
 
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT A NURSE AT WAR! 
'Plenty of twists and turns to keep you engrossed' -- ***** Reader review 
'What a fab story - I loved it - I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Amazing book. Couldn't put down. Very happy!' -- ***** Reader review 
'Captivating' -- ***** Reader review 
'This book had me hooked from the beginning' -- ***** Reader review 
'Brilliant' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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SHE LONGED TO SERVE HER COUNTRY IN ITS HOUR OF NEED... 
 
Attractive, clever and wilful, Lily Knowles is desperate to leave home. So at twenty-one she escapes to London to train as a nurse, where she gathers many admirers - none more dashing than RAF officer Sandy Redfern, with whom she falls in love. 
 
But the coming of war, with the chaos of the Blitz, brings upheavals and unforeseen entanglements. Nursing a broken heart, Lily throws herself into her work, which sends her to a busy RAF hospital in Hampshire, where a faithful childhood sweetheart persuades her to become engaged to him. 
 
And then fate brings Sandy Redfern back into her life. What of their once passionate love and her present commitment? 
 
Can the past ever be recaptured and can past wrongs be righted? 
 
Have you read A Nurse's Courage, Maggie Holt's previous title? 
 
Previously published as For Love of Lily by Maggie Bennett.

Maggie Holt was born in Hampshire and worked as a nurse and midwife until her retirement in 1991. She has two grown-up daughters and a grandson, and lives and writes in Suffolk. A Nurse at War was previously published as For Love of Lily by Maggie Bennett.

Maggie Holt

a gripping story of love and duty set during the First World War

If you love watching Call the Midwife or reading Dilly Court and Donna Douglas, you will love much-loved author Maggie Holt's warm-hearted,captivating and intensely moving wartime saga in which a young nurse's life is forever changed by war. Perfect to settle down with! 
 
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT A NURSE'S COURAGE! 
'I found this book extremely difficult to put down' - 5 STARS 
'Truly breathtaking' - 5 STARS 
'Fantastic book, from start to finish...recommend' - 5 STARS 
'Worth every penny' - 5 STARS 
'Great story- I couldn't put the book down, totally addicted to it' - 5 STARS 
 
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HER COUNTRY NEEDED HER, BUT SO DID HE... 
 
Orphan Mabel Court's dreams come true when she enters the Booth Street Poor Law Infirmary as a probationer nurse. But it is August 1914, and her world is about to be turned upside down. 
 
 She soon meets Norah McLoughlin, another probationer, and the two girls - together with Mabel's childhood friend Maudie, now a music-hall dancer - become firm friends. 
 
 As war rages across Europe, they try to keep their spirits up but when Mabel's fiancé Harry Drover is wounded at the battle of the Somme, Mabel realises that the life she and Harry had always hoped for is now an impossibility. 
 
Then when Maudie falls pregnant by an officer, and Norah's young man is lost at sea, all three girls are forced to face the fact that life will never be the same again. 
 
The adventures continue in A Nurse at War. 
 
Previously published as A Child at the Door by Maggie Bennett.

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