“THE WOMEN IN THIS BOOK FOUGHT, SLEPT, GRUMBLED AND CAROUSED ALONGSIDE THEIR FELLOW SOLDIERS, WITHOUT DISCOVERY” TRACEY-ANN KNIGHT FILLS THE STARK VOID OF FEMALE MILITARY HISTORY
There are plenty of War heroes throughout history, but until now comparatively little has been said about women who have fought alongside male combat troops. Tracey-Ann Knight rectifies this by bringing to light the experiences of ten women who, throughout the history of warfare, rejected the limits that military society placed on them. The women in this book fought, slept, grumbled and caroused alongside their fellow soldiers, without discovery, over various periods of time, for weeks or even decades.
The author, who happens to be a soldier’s wife, travelled across Europe to research the stories of these extraordinary women and explore the concept of…
