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The Citadel
A groundbreaking novel of its time and a National Book Award winner.
The Citadel follows the life of Andrew Manson, a young and idealistic Scottish doctor, as he navigates the challenges of practicing medicine across interwar Wales and England. Based on Cronin's own experiences as a physician, The Citadel boldly confronts traditional medical ethics, and has been noted as one of the inspirations for the formation of the National Health Service.
The Citadel has been adapted into several successful film, radio, and television productions around the world, including the Oscar-nominated 1938 film starring Ralph Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson, and Rex Harrison.
Book Details
- Publisher: Back Bay Books
- Publish Date: Nov 19th, 1983
- Pages: 368
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.90in - 5.00in - 1.10in - 0.65lb
- EAN: 9780316161831
- Categories: • Historical - General• Biographical & Autofiction• Medical
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What people are saying
"The oppressive conditions described in the fictional Welsh mining town so captivated the public’s imagination that it ostensibly shares responsibility for the creation of the [NHS]. A generation of physicians outside of America name [it] as the book that called them to medicine."
He/him. Opinions expressed here are my own.
@drnjwaddell @MYh_Wang @ProfMHWhitworth There are a lot, regardless of how capacious one's modernism is. Ulysses is, of course, filled with medical students, and Mann is another obvious one. The emergence of a medical genre might be seen in this period too, with Cronin's The Citadel (1937).
What people are saying
"The oppressive conditions described in the fictional Welsh mining town so captivated the public’s imagination that it ostensibly shares responsibility for the creation of the [NHS]. A generation of physicians outside of America name [it] as the book that called them to medicine."
He/him. Opinions expressed here are my own.
@drnjwaddell @MYh_Wang @ProfMHWhitworth There are a lot, regardless of how capacious one's modernism is. Ulysses is, of course, filled with medical students, and Mann is another obvious one. The emergence of a medical genre might be seen in this period too, with Cronin's The Citadel (1937).