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Step into the harrowing world of World War I through the eyes of a remarkable war correspondent, as she recounts the fall of Antwerp to German forces during the early months of the conflict. This compelling narrative is filled with striking imagery and an immediate sense of urgency. While it occasionally stumbles into overly sentimental territory and fierce anti-German rhetoric, her account stands as a bold and passionate testament to the tragic events and the ordinary heroes who emerged from them. As a fortysomething journalist adorned in sable furs and speaking French with a distinct ...

An eye-witness account of the fall of Antwerp to the Germans in the opening months of World War I, Mack’s story has passages of extraordinary vividness and immediacy. Flawed by the most treacly sentiment in some places and the most ferocious anti-German invective in others, her account endures as an uncommonly forthright, passionate testimony to those tragic events and the ordinary people who were the true heroes of them. As a forty-something, coquettish war correspondent wrapped in sable furs and speaking French in her native Australian accent, she seems to have inspired amusement in some ...