A FINE BROTHER

The Life of Captain

Flora Sandes

The first full-length

biography of the only
British woman to enlist as a
soldier in the First World War

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The only festern woman tof,enlist as a soldief in,the Sirsf,WOfld

War, the Englishwom n Flra Sandes became a heroine and a media
senstion when she'fought for the Serbian Army and,pufised'a
distinguished career in its ranks. This accouot charts,her'iniredibl
story: her tomboyish childhood in genteel Victorian Engla{, her
mission to Serbia as a Red Cross volunteer and,subsequelt military
enrolment, her celebrity lecture tours, her marriage to.a fellow officer,
her survival in a Gestapo prison during the Second \fodd 'Silar and
her final years in Suffolk.

A fascirrating haracter of her times and an inspiration to women

the world over, Flora Sandes is brought to life and restored to her
rightful place in history*by this biography compiled with the help

of her family, and using

hirherto unpublished privare papers and

photographs

"Mericulous biography... Sandes did not fight for ideology,

but for excitement and camaraderie."
THE TTMES

is clear, and she writes with passion about her subiect,

iniecting a Saturday-morning picture-house feel to Flora's exploits on
the Serbian front line. It is this that makes the book a bracing narrative,
appealing to the geneial reader."

"Miller's prose

THE SCOTSMAN

"This is an inspiring story, meticulously researched and referenced,

of courageous women whose presence made a difference to an
embattled and courageous country."
THE SCOTS MAGAZINE

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Born in England and

in

educated

Canada, Louise Miller

has a Master's degree in both politics and law A Fire Brcths lshet
rst book, She is currently involved
in the making of documentaries on
the subiect of Anglo-Serbian relations during the First World War

mainly

lsBN 978-'t -84688-245-6

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