Magic in Vienna

Pages: 189
Published: 2001
Language: English

Cordelia travels to enchanting Vienna, hoping for a fresh start. However, her charge's uncle, Dr. Charles Trescombe, sees her as plain and dull. Cordelia, in turn, pities the handsome doctor, buried in his studies. Falling for him seems foolish, but a shared smile sparks a magical possibility of returned love.

Prose complexity: 4/10

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Betty Neels

Betty Neels was born on September 15, 1909 in Leyton, Essex to a family with firm roots in the civil service. She said she had a blissfully happy childhood and teenage years, which stood her in good stead for the tribulations to come with the Second World War. She was sent away to boarding school, and then went on to train as a nurse, gaining her SRN and SCM, that is, State Registered Nurse and State Certificate of Midwifery. In 1939 she was called up to the Territorial Army Nursing Service, wh...