In distant fields
By: Charlotte Bingham
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9781847820761
Subjects: Social aspects; World War, 1914-1918; Fiction; Female friendship
Description: Kitty and Lady Partita are best friends despite vastly different backgrounds. Partita has invited her friend, Kitty, to stay at her ancestral home, Bauders Castle. The grandeur of Partita's family seat is in stark contrast to Kitty's home in London where she and her mother, Violet, struggle to maintain appearances despite Kitty's father gambling away the family money. Kitty is introduced to the aristocracy; a fascinating, decorative and theatrical world. Kitty is enthralled and desperately wants to be part of this way of life, far removed from the genteel poverty in which she and her mother are forced to exist. But war breaks out, not only irrevocably changing society, but also the lives of these two beautiful young women. The headstrong Partita and down-to-earth Kitty become nurses and selflessly care for the men horrifically injured in the trenches of WWI.
Notes: Originally published: London: Bantam, 2006.