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Endell Street
- The Suffragette Surgeons of World War One
- Narrated by: Antonia Davies
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
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Summary
When the First World War broke out, the suffragettes suspended their campaigning and joined the war effort. For pioneering suffragette doctors (and life partners) Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson that meant moving to France, where they set up two small military hospitals amidst fierce opposition.
Yet their medical and organisational skills were so impressive that in 1915 Flora and Louisa were asked by the War Ministry to return to London and establish a new military hospital in a vast and derelict old workhouse in Covent Garden's Endell Street. That they did, creating a 573-bed hospital staffed from top to bottom by female surgeons, doctors and nurses, and developing entirely new techniques to deal with the horrific mortar and gas injuries suffered by British soldiers. Receiving 28,000 wounded men over the next four years, Flora and Louisa created such a caring atmosphere that soldiers begged to be sent to Endell Street. And then, following the end of the war and the Spanish Flu outbreak, the hospital was closed and Flora, Louisa and their staff were once again sidelined in the medical profession.
The story of Endell Street provides both a keyhole view into the horrors and thrills of wartime London and a long-overdue tribute to the brilliance and bravery of an extraordinary group of women.
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- PapaDelta
- 29-05-20
Interesting story- shame about the narration
This was my pick for our bookclub read. We all agreed that it was an interesting story which we were glad to know but that it felt more like a magazine article stretched to fill out a book. Far too much repetitive detail (based on no doubt meticulous research) and not nearly enough real sense of engagement with the characters. Less would certainly have been more (at least for the bulk of the book). At times it read like Enid Blyton. Two of our group gave up and did not finish, which is a shame as the main emotional punch of the book comes near the end. And for the two of us who were listening to the audio version, the narrator's ponderous delivery and her frequent inability to deal well with sub-clauses and quotations made it a tedious listen. Pity.
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- LH, England
- 29-10-23
Great book but bad narration
Did the Audible producer not listen to any of this while it was being recorded? So many mispronunciations (such as brazier constantly being pronounced as brassiere!), which can make it painful to listen to. That aside, the book is fascinating & therefore still worth persevering with. Such a great story & intriguing research.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-06-24
fantastic little known story
This really needs to be made into a series like call the midwife! There are so many storylines and characters that would make great episodes
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- Anonymous User
- 19-10-20
Great Disappointment.
i was greatly looking forward to listening to this book. It has been a dreadful disappointment. The book itself could have done with some vigorous editing as it was painfully repetitious. The narration made it ten times worse. The narrator did not seem to know the correct pronunciation of many common words. I thought her phrasing, emphasis and breathing was hopeless time and time again. It was painful to liisten to. There were other mistakes which had not been edited out. Please don't waste our time by producing or selling such a poor standard of product. Audible " I did not enjoy this audiobook"!
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- Ann
- 09-06-23
Inspiring story but didn’t like the narration
Really fascinating story which I really enjoyed. Some repetition in parts, but loved the intricate details and the personal stories.
Really did not like the narration, however, fairly dull and bland and at times appeared not to understand what was being read as the emphasis was all wrong. Bit of a shame.
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- fortinbras
- 16-06-21
A story worth telling, but....
An important and interesting story but so repetitive, it could have been half the length. Where was the editor in all this? The narration was clearly articulated but I could have done without the estuary twang, irritating and not very appropriate for the period. Also, her emphases were all wrong, as if she didn't understand what she was reading, which was so maddening.
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- MJ
- 26-10-24
Great account of early years of women in medicine
Fascinating and valuable account of the struggles of women in medicine in U.K. leading up to and beyond WW1- really enjoyed this and would wholeheartedly recommend.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-05-20
annoying voice
I can hardly listen to the story because the narrator sounds like she's reading to children, over pronouncing every word and trying to show us how the story should make us feel, as if the listener is new to language. It sounds like she's winking - aren't the ladies cheeky!?!? FFS. Absolutely unbearable.
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