9781447244554 - The Citadel: the Classic Novel That Inspired the Nhs by Cronin, a J (6 results)

Condition: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An influential part in laying the foundation of the NHS, The Citadel is a moving story of tragedy, triumph and redemption. When newly qualified doctor Andrew Manson takes up his first post in a Welsh mining community, the young Scot brings with him a bagful of idealism and enthusiasm. Both are soon strained to the limit as Andrew discovers the reality of performing operations on a kitchen table and washing in a scullery, of unspeakable sanitation, of common infantile cholera and enteritis. There are no X-rays, no ambulances nothing to combat the disease and poverty. It isnt long before Andrews outspokenness and determination make him enemies as well as winning him friends, and the love of an idealistic schoolteacher. Riches that he risks losing when the fashionable, greedy world of London medicine claims him, with its private clinics, wealthy, spoilt patients and huge rewards. A classic saga by A J Cronin, one of the great masters of the genre, author of The Stars Look Down and Hatter's Castle. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Cronin, A. J. The citadel. London: Bello / Pan Macmillan, 2013. Paperback, VG. Covers have minor shelfwear to corners, small creases and slight adhesive remains of label on reverse. Binding strong and square. A few small smudges to endpapers. 421pp., contents clean and bright. Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 6 January 1981), known as A. J. Cronin, was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is The Citadel (1937), about a Scottish doctor who serves in a Welsh mining village before achieving success in London, where he becomes disillusioned about the venality and incompetence of some doctors. Cronin knew both areas, as a medical inspector of mines and as a doctor in Harley Street. The book exposed unfairness and malpractice in British medicine and helped to inspire the National Health Service. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Condition: OTTIMO USATO. INGLESE Brossura in cartoncino, illustrata in copertina ed in ottimo stato. Pagine come nuove, con cerniera salda ed ampio margine. Numero pagine 421.