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When Dr William Rivers treats a patient at a mental hospital who has spoken out against World War I, the relationship that develops between them makes them debate the logic of their respective positions. Thus the doctor questions the sanity of the war and his duty - to return his patients to it.
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Anthropologists, English Poets, Fiction, Historical fiction, Literature, Poets, Soldiers, War neuroses, World War, 1914-1918, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, war & military, World war, 1914-1918, fiction, Anthropologists, fiction, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Engels, Fiction, historical, generalPlaces
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A historical fiction novel set during World War I, documenting characters based on real people and their experiences with shell shock and recovery at the CraigLockhart Hospital.
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