A. J. Cronin

The Citadel

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A book which inspired the creation of the NHS, The Citadel is a moving story of tragedy, triumph and redemption. With an introduction by Adam Kay, the bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt.When newly qualified doctor Andrew Manson takes up his first post in a Welsh mining community, the young Scot brings with him a bagful of idealism and enthusiasm. Both are soon strained to the limit as Andrew discovers the reality of performing operations on a kitchen table and washing in a scullery, of unspeakable sanitation, of common infantile cholera and systemic corruption. There are no X-rays, no ambulances - nothing to combat the disease and po… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Kay, Adam (Vorb.)

ISBN: 978-1-5290-1538-6
EAN: 9781529015386
Produktnummer: 30712887
Verlag: Pan macmillan Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 432 S.
Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
Masse: H19.7 cm x B12.8 cm x D3.0 cm 341 g
Gewicht: 341
Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.

Über den Autor

A. J. Cronin was born in Cardross, Scotland, in 1896 and studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1916 he served as a surgeon sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, and at the war's end he completed his medical studies and practised in South Wales. He was later appointed to the Ministry of Mines, studying the medical problems of the mining industry. He later moved to London and built up a successful practice in the West End. In 1931 he published his first book, Hatter's Castle, which was compared with the work of Dickens, Hardy and Balzac, winning him critical acclaim. Six years later he published The Citadel, which brought attention to the incompetence of medical practice and helped incite the establishment of the NHS. Cronin died in 1981.