Afternoon Reading - The Diaries of Edith Appleton

Series of three readings featuring extracts from the diaries of Edith Appleton, a nurse working close to the front line during the First World War

Afternoon Reading - The Diaries of Edith Appleton - Episode 1

It is 1915 and Edie is based at Casualty Clearing Station No 3 near Ypres, where she witnesses first-hand the horrors of war. In these dark days, small pleasures mean everything.

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Afternoon Reading - The Diaries of Edith Appleton - Episode 2

It is 1915 and Edie has been moved to a hospital in Etretat on the Normandy coast, where she must supervise members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment.

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Afternoon Reading - The Diaries of Edith Appleton - Episode 3

It is 1918 and Edie is based at a hotel which has been turned into a military hospital, on the cliffs above Treport. Anticipation is growing that the war could be coming to an end.

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