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03938aam a22004574i 4500 001 802045B08D4811E7B5DFE90897128E48 003 SILO 005 20170830010017 008 160930t20172017nyuab b 001 0deng 010 $a 2016045081 020 $a 0190276703 (hardback) 020 $a 9780190276706 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)959032970 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d ERASA $d GZM $d OCLCO $d OCP $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- $a e-be--- $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a D640 $b .T57 2017 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a HIS010020 $a HIS010020 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Thorp, Mary, $d 1864-1945, $e author. 245 13 $a An English governess in the Great War : $b the secret Brussels diary of Mary Thorp / $c Sophie De Schaepdrijver and Tammy M. Proctor. 246 3 $a Secret Brussels diary of Mary Thorp 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2017] 300 $a 280 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "An Englishwoman of no particular fame living in World War I Brussels started a secret diary in September 1916. Aware that her thoughts could put her in danger with German authorities, she never wrote her name on the diary and ran to hide it every time the 'Boches' came to inspect the house. The diary survived the war and ended up in a Belgian archive, forgotten for nearly a century until historians Sophie De Schaepdrijver and Tammy M. Proctor discovered it and the remarkable woman who wrote it: Mary Thorp, a middle-aged English governess working for a wealthy Belgian-Russian family in Brussels. As a foreigner and a woman, Mary Thorp offers a unique window into life under German occupation in Brussels (the largest occupied city of World War I) and in the uncertain early days of the peace. Her diary describes the roar of cannons in the middle of the night, queues for food and supplies in the shops, her work for a wartime charity, news from an interned godson in Germany, along with elegant dinners with powerful diplomats and the educational progress of her beloved charges. Mary Thorp's sharp and bittersweet reflections testify to the daily strains of living under enemy occupation, comment on the events of the war as they unfolded, and ultimately serve up a personal story of self-reliance and endurance. De Schaepdrijver and Proctor's in-depth commentary situate this extraordinary woman in her complex political, social, and cultural context, thus providing an unusual chance to engage with the Great War on an intimate and personal level "-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: "Still I Feel I Did My Duty" : Diary of an English Governess, 1916-1919 -- Historical Background: Life in an Occupied City : Brussels -- Framing the Diary : A Note from the Editors -- Mary Thorp's Diary -- -Part 1. No "Eleventh Hour" : September 1916-February 1917 -- -Part 2: "Qui Vivra Verra" : March-December 1917 -- -Part 3: "We Still Hear the Same Eternal Cannon" : January-October 1918 -- -Part 4. "The Book of Peace!!!" : October 1918-January 1919 -- Epilogue: "Quite Nice to Be Remembered" -- Appendix: Thorp Family Tree. 600 10 $a Thorp, Mary, $d 1864-1945 $v Diaries. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $v Personal narratives, British. 650 0 $a English diaries $z Brussels. $z Brussels. 650 0 $a Governesses $z Brussels $z Brussels $v Diaries. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Social aspects $z Brussels. $z Brussels. 650 0 $a Civilians in war $z Brussels $z Brussels $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Brussels (Belgium) $v Biography. 655 7 $a Personal Narratives. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Schaepdrijver, Sophie de, $e editor. 700 1 $a Proctor, Tammy M., $d 1968- $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20170830010039.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=802045B08D4811E7B5DFE90897128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search