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The Angel of Waterloo

By: Jackie French
Narrated by: Edwina Wren
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A powerful novel from master storyteller Jackie French


The soldiers she saved called her the Angel of Waterloo.
The husband she loved and lost called her Hen.
The patients she treated in secret called her Auntie Love.

She was Henrietta Bartlett, a surgeon's daughter, a survivor of the Napoleonic Wars. But now the battlefield is just a blood-soaked memory, and Hen dreams of peace, a home, and a society that allows women to practise medicine.

On the other side of the world, the newly founded colony of New South Wales seems a paradise. But Europe's wars cast long shadows ...

From bestselling author Jackie French comes the story of one woman's journey from the hell of Waterloo to colonial Australia, where she can forge her own dreams in a land of many nations.

PRAISE FOR JACKIE FRENCH

'a master storyteller ... [she] gives women a rich, strong, and brutally honest voice'
- Better Reading

'Heartwarming, heartbreaking and hard to put down'
- Australian Women's Weekly on If Blood Should Stain the Wattle

 Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Military Protector Women's Fiction Romance Biography War
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loved this book so much. almost cried when it was over now off to find another Jackie French book I haven't listened to or read.

exceptional loved every minute

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This my first book by Jackie French. Just simply can’t stop listening. A bit naive story at the beginning, but it becomes quite exciting as the story progresses. You can literally feel the atmosphere of Colonial Australia. Lovely narrator as well.

Can’t stop listening

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This was a truly wonderful book. I feel like I have been looking to read a book that weaves a story around Australian colonisation for a long time. It captures the beauty and harshness of the landscape, the horror of the times, and the wonder of it too. I was engrossed from start to finish.

Among the best of books

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I did not expect to be so completely captivated by the characters, the plot and the details of life in colonial Australia. So grateful for the author’s acknowledgments and explanation at the conclusion of this audio book. I think I am ok with how the story ended….

What a cracking story.

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I loved everything about this book.…the characters, the progression, the support, the understanding, tje strength, the love, the settings and of course the narration. I was completely engaged with every second of the story.

Loved!

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