{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-isabella-and-the-string-of-beads-a-woman-doctor-in-ww1-9780995489301","title":"The Mystery of Isabella and the String of Beads: A Woman Doctor in WW1","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was the inscription that made the antique scalpels so tantalising: 'Isabella Stenhouse'\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e A woman doctor? A woman doctor who was rumoured to have served in the First World War? Could Isabella have treated wounded men with these very implements? And had a grateful German prisoner of war really given her the strange string of beads that tangled round her stethoscope? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoaxing clues from archives across Europe, Katrina Kirkwood traces Isabella's route from medical school to the Western Front, Malta and Egypt, discovering as she travels that Dr Stenhouse was not only one of the first women doctors who worked with the British Army - she was also a woman carrying a tragic secret, torn between ambition and loyalty to her family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsabella's story was selected for the \u003cem\u003eBBC Antiques Roadshow'\u003c\/em\u003es WW1 centenary edition, and featured by national, international and local media\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'The quiet heroics of a woman on a WW1 battlefield'\u003cem\u003e Daily Express\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirkwood Katrina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Loke Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995489301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatrina, Kirkwood:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Katrina Kirkwood, a former medical research scientist with a passion for stories, is Doctor Isabella Stenhouse's granddaughter. Equipped with two science degrees and an art degree, she spent many years helping people in the South Wales valleys turn their stories into mini-films before embarking on her quest to solve the mystery of Isabella and her beads. Following features about Isabella on the BBC Antiques Roadshow, in national newspapers, and on local radio and television, Katrina has been invited to write about Isabella for the magazine of the Medical Women's Federation and for Beyond the Trenches, the blog of the Arts and Humanities Research Council.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loke Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40620209668211,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_bca6f94f-710b-45ac-8d7e-689920bec868.jpg?v=1670510588","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-mystery-of-isabella-and-the-string-of-beads-a-woman-doctor-in-ww1-9780995489301","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}