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Taking its title from the inspiring lines of a matron whose nurses faced a WWII firing squad, this book is a fascinating portrayal of unforgettable and extraordinary characters united by their refusal to accept society's constraints.
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Katharine Ramsay read history at Cambridge and worked as a member of the Number 10 Policy Unit under John Major. She joined theDaily Telegraphobituaries desk in 1997 and is married with two children. Georgia Powell was educated at University College, Oxford. She has worked on television documentaries for the BBC and Channel Four and joined theDaily Telegraphobituaries desk in 2000. She is married with two children.
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'Wonderful bedside reading' * Tom Boncza-Tomaszewski, Independent on Sunday * 'Chin Up, Girls! provide[s] fond memories of the departed, while at the same time emphasising what joy an eventful life can be' * Birmingham Sunday Mercury * ' This book celebrates both doughty lives and less bland times' * Jeremy Jehu, Daily Telegraph * 'Fascinating' * The Week * 'A collection of...extraordinary lives. Would that we could all be so memorable once dead' * Beryl Bainbridge, Mail on Sunday * 'The joy of this book is in finding out how strange our fellow creatures can be, how admirable, how foolish, how inspiring' * The Herald * 'Two outstanding talents... Celebrates 93 astounding 20th-century lives' * Country Life * 'If obituaries are the first draft of biography, there are many absorbing lives here ... neat and spicy' * Joan Bakewell, New Statesman * 'The collection salutes the spirit of these heroines, trailblazers, adventuresses and battleaxes, and captures their inspiring stories' * Daily Telegraph (Telegraph books direct advert) * 'I gleaned as much fun from the wit and style of the writing as I did from the lives of the subjects' * The Spectator * A glorious compilation, with enough material for 100 biographies * Sue Baker, Publishing News *
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- PublisherJohn Murray Publishers Ltd
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0719563011
- ISBN 13 9780719563010
- BindingPaperback
- EditorGeorgia Powell, Katharine Ramsay
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