Vintage 1980 The Roses of No Man's Land by Lyn Macdonald

Written by Lyn Macdonald, author of 1914.
The Roses of No Man's Land by Lyn Macdonald is a non-fiction book that chronicles the experiences of British volunteer nurses and young doctors during World War I, using their first-hand accounts to detail the horrors of the Western Front and the revolution in medical care they helped pioneer. Published in 1980, it highlights the courage and capabilities of women in a male-dominated environment, focusing on their fight against death and disease in makeshift hospitals, and the development of new techniques in surgery, psychiatry, and blood transfusion.