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.East of the Sun

by: Julia Gregson

June 12, 2008
An easy read that suited me as a holiday choice - a rich, narrative that surprised me really, I even found myself checking out what the flowers and places so well described were on the web!!!! You become carried away with the lives of the girls and their travels, their naivety and dreams. Not stunning or anything profound, but most definately enjoyable and read-worthy.
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.The Water Horse

by: Julia Gregson

November 03, 2005
Set during the Crimean war, this is the story of Catherine Carreg, a young woman who finds the restrictive life of small town mid-nineteenth century Wales oppressive, and longs to escape. After the death of her mother in childbirth, Catherine decides she needs to make a difference in the world, and runs away to London with local cattle drovers to train as a nurse. She trains in Florence Nightingale’s home for sick nurses, then volunteers to nurse in the hell that is the hospital at Scutari, on the mouth of the Black Sea. Beset by ignorance, antagonism and illness, Catherine must fight to learn the lessons of love and war.

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.East of the Sun (CD)

by: Julia Gregson

July 17, 2008
An easy read that suited me as a holiday choice - a rich, narrative that surprised me really, I even found myself checking out what the flowers and places so well described were on the web!!!! You become carried away with the lives of the girls and their travels, their naivety and dreams. Not stunning or anything profound, but most definately enjoyable and read-worthy.
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.The Water Horse

by: Julia Gregson

November 18, 2004
Set during the Crimean war, this is the story of Catherine Carreg, a young woman who finds the restrictive life of small town mid-nineteenth century Wales oppressive, and longs to escape. After the death of her mother in childbirth, Catherine decides she needs to make a difference in the world, and runs away to London with local cattle drovers to train as a nurse. She trains in Florence Nightingale’s home for sick nurses, then volunteers to nurse in the hell that is the hospital at Scutari, on the mouth of the Black Sea. Beset by ignorance, antagonism and illness, Catherine must fight to learn the lessons of love and war.

I have never been particularly interested in this period of history, but Ms Gregson has brought it ... Read More:
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.East of the Sun

by: Julia Gregson

June 12, 2008
An easy read that suited me as a holiday choice - a rich, narrative that surprised me really, I even found myself checking out what the flowers and places so well described were on the web!!!! You become carried away with the lives of the girls and their travels, their naivety and dreams. Not stunning or anything profound, but most definately enjoyable and read-worthy.
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.East of the Sun

by: Julia Gregson

May 07, 2009
An easy read that suited me as a holiday choice - a rich, narrative that surprised me really, I even found myself checking out what the flowers and places so well described were on the web!!!! You become carried away with the lives of the girls and their travels, their naivety and dreams. Not stunning or anything profound, but most definately enjoyable and read-worthy.
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.The Water Horse

by: Julia Gregson

January 22, 2009
Set during the Crimean war, this is the story of Catherine Carreg, a young woman who finds the restrictive life of small town mid-nineteenth century Wales oppressive, and longs to escape. After the death of her mother in childbirth, Catherine decides she needs to make a difference in the world, and runs away to London with local cattle drovers to train as a nurse. She trains in Florence Nightingale’s home for sick nurses, then volunteers to nurse in the hell that is the hospital at Scutari, on the mouth of the Black Sea. Beset by ignorance, antagonism and illness, Catherine must fight to learn the lessons of love and war.

I have never been particularly interested in this period of history, but Ms Gregson has brought it ... Read More:
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.The Water Horse

by: Julia Gregson

November 18, 2004
Set during the Crimean war, this is the story of Catherine Carreg, a young woman who finds the restrictive life of small town mid-nineteenth century Wales oppressive, and longs to escape. After the death of her mother in childbirth, Catherine decides she needs to make a difference in the world, and runs away to London with local cattle drovers to train as a nurse. She trains in Florence Nightingale’s home for sick nurses, then volunteers to nurse in the hell that is the hospital at Scutari, on the mouth of the Black Sea. Beset by ignorance, antagonism and illness, Catherine must fight to learn the lessons of love and war.

I have never been particularly interested in this period of history, but Ms Gregson has brought it ... Read More:
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.East of the Sun

by: Julia Gregson

October 16, 2008
An easy read that suited me as a holiday choice - a rich, narrative that surprised me really, I even found myself checking out what the flowers and places so well described were on the web!!!! You become carried away with the lives of the girls and their travels, their naivety and dreams. Not stunning or anything profound, but most definately enjoyable and read-worthy.
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.Jasmine Nights

by: Julia Gregson

June 18, 2010
An easy read that suited me as a holiday choice - a rich, narrative that surprised me really, I even found myself checking out what the flowers and places so well described were on the web!!!! You become carried away with the lives of the girls and their travels, their naivety and dreams. Not stunning or anything profound, but most definately enjoyable and read-worthy.
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