Especially 100 years after their ideas were considered modern! It set the story up beautifully though for the sharp contrast of lifestyle once the wounded began to arrive in Cairo. The introduction to their lifestyle was endearing. I loved how Flora and her best friend Gwen thought of themselves as ‘modern’ girls. Rushby’s descriptions easily tugged on my memories and the things I learnt whilst visiting both places. After having visited both Cairo and Gallipoli I found it easy to get swept away in the story. With Flora’s War the facts were however, a bit more obvious. I love when the author throws the facts in with the fiction so you are not sure what is what. I really like reading historical fiction, especially when it is Australian.
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