Publisher details
- Author
- Jackie French
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Released
- 02 December, 2020
- ISBN
- 9781460757918
The Angel of Waterloo
Synopsis
The powerful new novel from master storyteller Jackie French. The soldiers she saved called her the Angel of Waterloo. The husband she loved and lost called her Hen. The patients she treated in secret called her Auntie Love. She was Henrietta Bartlett, a surgeon's daughter, a survivor of the Napoleonic Wars. But now the battlefield is just a blood-soaked memory, and Hen dreams of peace, a home, and a society that allows women to practise medicine. On the other side of the world, the newly founded colony of New South Wales seems a paradise. But Europe's wars cast long shadows ... From bestselling author Jackie French comes the story of one woman's journey from the hell of Waterloo to colonial Australia, where she can forge her own dreams in a land of many nations.
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I love all the books by Jackie French, but The Angel of Waterloo, in particular, is a special one. I finished reading the book in a week (yes, it has 423 pages!), and I can’t wait to reread it in a year or so. What a breathtaking story! I wrote a short review of the book on my blog: https://chi-nese.com/angel-number-1212-and-its-spiritual-meaning/