The Angel of Waterloo

Name: The Angel of Waterloo
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jackie French
ISBN: 9781460786123

Author: Jackie French

Narrator: Edwina Wren

Unabridged: 13 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 12/02/2020

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction, History, Australia & New Zealand History, Military Romance, Sagas

Synopsis

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

About Jackie French

Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, the 2014–2015 Australian Children's Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In 2016, Jackie became a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to children's literature and her advocacy for youth literacy. She is regarded as one of Australia's most popular children's authors and writes across all genres — from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi, to her much-loved historical fiction for a variety of age groups. 'A book can change a child's life. A book can change the world' was the primary philosophy behind Jackie's two-year term as Laureate. jackiefrench.com facebook.com/authorjackiefrench

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeanette on December 13, 2020

Another fabulous read from this acclaimed author. Jackie French never disappoints. From the Napoleonic Wars, Battle of Waterloo the reader is first introduced to Henrietta (Hen) Gilbert,15 years old and her father, a surgeon attached to the army. Bodies are everywhere Hen is assisting her father in t......more

Goodreads review by Dorothy on July 15, 2021

I very much admire Ms French's meticulous research, but like the Lily series, I feel that she puts her characters at the service of history, instead of creating them as real people and then letting them grow naturally through the story. The result is heroines like Henrietta, who never came fully to......more

Goodreads review by Denise on November 25, 2020

[URL not allowed] The Angel of Waterloo has plenty of unexpected moments that kept me eager to read on. I warmed to Hen and truly wished her happiness in her adopted country. Lovers of Jackie French’s historical novels will find this an engrossing read.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on May 28, 2024

Would have been a 5 star from me if not for that ending. Whyyyyy.......more

Goodreads review by Roslyn on May 06, 2021

I enjoyed this book but I found the ending very frustrating. The ideas presented in the book were interesting.......more