The author stresses at the outset that this book is a memoir, not to be confused with an autobiography.
The text is divided into chapters, each of which gives a vignette of a particular series of events in the author\'s life - beginning with her sheltered childhood at Eton College; her experiences as a volunteer in the ranks, and later as an officer in the.
The published book is a compilation of a set of manuscripts, and the transcription of a voice recording made in the last year of her life.
The author stresses at the outset that this book is a memoir, not to be confused with an autobiography