"The world goes mad in 1914. And in the chaos, on the blood-soaked fields of the Ypres Salient, young humanitarian John Armitage meets a British nurse, Evelyne Grenville, a lady with admirable courage and a secret. Could they possibly make a difference, offering solace at the Western Front? Will Evelyne's secret life bring calamity on them both? Their journey takes you through 1930s Paris and its underground organizations, a British whodunit, Hitler's Blitz, 1950s Chicago, even to exotic Madagascar"--Page 4 of cover.