Pamela D Toler

"June 1942, Libya. In the hot desert military camp at Bir Hakeim, Free French Officer Susan Travers was trapped. The Germans had her troops surrounded. With their forces outnumbered and ammo running low, French general Marie-Pierre Koenig gave a shocking order. They were going to break out in the middle of the night--crossing through dangerous minefields and enemy territory--to reach their British allies. And Susan, one of just a few women at the...

Reveals the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the mansion-turned-wartime hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, during the Civil War, the setting for the PBS series "Mercy Street.".