Dom Aidan Bellenger

A Nun, a Convent, and the German Occupation of Belgium

History & Biography

“This edition of Mother Mary Georgine's diary for 1914-18 adds an evocative and beguiling account to the burgeoning literature of the Great War in its centenary years. Personal and closely observed, the narrative of this English Ursuline working and living throughout the war years in a Belgian convent at Tildonk in Brabant provides an unusual firsthand account of war and occupation: from a convent not from the battlefield. The First World War respected no boundaries, and its impact on Belgium--the neutral country at the heart of the war's darkness--comes to life vividly in this memorable miniature.”