The Secret Armour

Lucilla Andrews

first published 1955 Ulverscroft Large Print, 1990 hardcover 338 pages

It is the 1950s, and young Maggie Howard is completing her general nursing training at a London teaching hospital. It is a time when working hours are long and hospital discipline iron-strict. But Maggie loved nursing. She also loved the wrong man. But throughout her personal unhappiness and the gruelling hours of work she has the comradeship of her fellow setmates, Alice and Rose. And there is always the pleasant yo...

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The Secret Armour paperback · 1997 · Chivers Press · 280 pages · 9780745189833
Secret Armour audiobook · 1990 · Ulverscroft Large Print Books · 9781854963284
The Secret Armour hardcover · 1990 · Ulverscroft Large Print · 338 pages · 9780854563272
The secret armour edition · 1980 · Corgi

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