Project Gutenberg 2011-09-02 Public domain in the USA. 128 Lowndes, Marie Belloc 1868 1947 Lowndes, Marie Adelaide Belloc Belloc-Lowndes, Marie Adelaide Belloc, Marie Adelaide Belloc, M. A. (Marie Adelaide) 16008074 The Red Cross Barge E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Red Cross Barge" by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. Set amidst the backdrop of World War I, it explores the lives of German and French characters caught in the throes of war. The narrative follows Max Keller, a German Red Cross surgeon, as he navigates his duties and complex emotions in a small French town captured by German forces. The opening portion of the book introduces us to the Herr Doktor, who is distanced from the exuberant young Uhlan officers celebrating their conquests, possessing a grim understanding of the war's brutality and suffering. As he contemplates the aftermath of the battle of Charleroi, we also meet Jeanne Rouannès, a determined French nurse caring for wounded soldiers on a Red Cross barge moored on the river. Their interactions reveal cultural and emotional tensions, hinting at deeper connections that can arise even in times of conflict. As Keller prepares to relocate a wounded officer, Prince Egon, to the barge, the contrasting perspectives of the characters foreshadow a poignant exploration of compassion, duty, and the personal costs of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/37294/37294-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 242499 2025-07-15T07:57:09.508677 text/html 242969 2011-09-02T15:46:26 text/html 284840 2025-07-15T07:57:12.966686 application/epub+zip 287517 2025-07-15T07:57:10.151718 application/epub+zip 159524 2025-07-15T07:57:09.819674 application/epub+zip 371740 2025-07-15T07:57:15.352699 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357338 2025-07-15T07:57:12.643697 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229408 2022-09-17T06:49:00.066266 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 228402 2025-07-15T07:57:09.201712 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 227821 2011-09-02T15:42:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 227840 2011-09-02T15:42:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22507 2025-07-15T07:57:15.492666 application/rdf+xml 23312 2025-07-15T07:57:09.889687 image/jpeg 2802 2025-07-15T07:57:09.855701 image/jpeg 87539 2011-09-02T15:42:17 application/octet-stream application/zip 257345 2011-09-03T13:42:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 256143 2011-09-04T17:37:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 87456 2011-09-02T15:42:17 application/octet-stream application/zip 255916 2025-07-15T07:57:09.530754 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia