A Fine Brother

Flora Sandes, the only woman to serve as a soldier during the First World War, gained fame as a hero of the Serbian Army. This authorized biography explores her remarkable journey from a tomboyish Victorian childhood to a Red Cross volunteer, her rise through military ranks, and her experiences as a media sensation, including lecture tours and a marriage to a fellow officer. It also details her harrowing survival in a Gestapo prison during the Second World War and her later years in Suffolk, drawing from previously unused family papers and photographs to restore her legacy in history.