Download or read book The New Magdalen (EasyRead Large Bold Edition) written by Wilkie Collins and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1999 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercy, a nurse in the Franco-Prussian War, has her post taken over by the Germans. Mercy meets the emergency with great skill and aplomb, comforting the wounded soldiers and ensuring their safe passage. Her bravery is set in opposition to the cowardly surgeon and a timid English gentlewoman on her way to England to claim an inheritance from relatives who have never before met her.