An English Governess In The Great War: The Secret Brussels Diary Of Mary Thorp

Mary Thorp, an English governess working for a Belgian-Russian family in German-occupied Brussels, kept a secret war diary from September 1916 to January 1919. This long-forgotten diary sheds light on an important aspect of the First World War: civilian life under military occupation in a transnational conflict.

• | By (Author): Sophie (Professor Of History, Professor Of History, Pennsylvania State University) De Schaepdrijver
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• | Publication Date: Apr 21, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 290 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0190087617
• | ISBN-13: 9780190087616