Wounded

An original and absorbing account… [Mayhew] has a marvellous eye for quirky and horrifying detail… Absolutely compelling – Peter Parker * Times Literary Supplement *
Mayhew deftly describes such daily horrors as shattered jaws and severed arteries, filthy uniforms and decay. What takes the book beyond the standard accounts of the trenches, however, is its depiction of how such terrible circumstances forced people to respond in remarkable ways – Victoria Segal * Guardian *
Wounded is a powerful and descriptive read, and through it I found a greater understanding of what it was to be part of that war – Sarah Mullally * Church Times *
Among the many books commemorating the conflict, one stands out for its specialisation. This is Wounded… Mayhew is to be commended for giving us these testimonies – Colin Gardiner * Oxford Times *
A fascinating read – Stephen Coulson * Lady *
Both tragic and uplifting, for me it brought home the full horrors of the war * Cultural Voyager *
Fascinating * Gun Mart *
Requires total immersion followed by quiet contemplation… Not only a history of medicine. It is a history dedicated to men […] for whom the war-afflicted body was a life sentence – Joanna Bourke * Lancet *
Powerful… Does justice to the experience of the wounded and the dedication of the doctors, nurses, orderlies, stretcher bearers and volunteers who cared for them, by weaving together the testimonies of individuals into a moving history – A W Purdue * Times Higher Education Supplement *
Moving – Tony Rennell * Daily Mail *

Emily Mayhew is the author of Wounded: From Battlefield to Blighty, 1914-1918. She is a Research Associate at Imperial College and a consultant and lecturer for various museums, including the Wellcome Collection, the Imperial War Museum, and the Royal College of Surgeons. Her first book, The Reconstruction of Warriors, was published in 2004.

Emily’s primary research interest is the history of the medical treatment of severe casualty in 20th and 21st-century warfare. She is determined to ensure that, in particular, the work and courage of the stretcher bearers of the Great War are properly represented during the centenary commemorations.

During Autumn of 2014, she will be speaking at the Royal Institution, the Cheltenham Literary Festival, the Royal Society of Medicine, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, the Liverpool History Society, the Florence Nightingale Museum, and the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Great War Centenary Commemoration.

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