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Portsea

A True Love Story from the Great War
By:Colin Powell
Publisher:Author Solutions
Print ISBN:9781499088571
eText ISBN:9781499088588
Edition:0
Copyright:2014
Format:Reflowable

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Charlie and Violet were born in Portsmouth at the end of , the Victorian era. Their story is the true story of two , young people being born and raised in a great garrison , town, becoming childhood sweethearts, and then being , separated by the Great War. When Charlie returns from , the Western Front, badly wounded, Violet nurses him back , to health but their relationship is affected by the social , changes caused by the war. Women had found new roles , in society and in the home. This story shows how the , conflict changed the lives of ordinary people like Charlie , and Vi and how they had to struggle to build a new society , from the ashes.,