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A duty to the dead [electronic resource] / Charles Todd.
Summary:
The daughter of a distinguished soldier, Bess Crawford follows in his patriotic footsteps, volunteering to serve her country as a nurse during the Great War. In 1916, she promises Lieutenant Arthur Graham that she will carry his dying request to a brother. When the hospital ship is sunk by a mine and she is sent home to England to recover from her wounds, Bess is determined to fulfill her promise at last.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780792767657 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 0792767659 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- Publisher: North Kingstown : BBC Audiobooks America, 2009.
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- "Sound library."Downloadable audio file.Title from container.Unabridged.Duration: 9:50:09.
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- Requires OverDrive Media ConsoleRequires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 141350 KB; MP3 file size: 277015 KB).Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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