{"product_id":"the-citadel-9781447244554","title":"The Citadel","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): A. J. Cronin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen newly qualified doctor Andrew Manson takes up his first post in a Welsh mining community, the young Scot brings with him a bagful of idealism and enthusiasm. Both are soon strained to the limit as Andrew discovers the reality of performing operations on a kitchen table and washing in a scullery, of unspeakable sanitation, of common infantile cholera and enteritis. There are no X-rays, no ambulances - nothing to combat the disease and poverty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt isn't long before Andrew's outspokenness and determination make him enemies - as well as winning him friends, and the love of an idealistic schoolteacher. Riches that he risks losing when the fashionable, greedy world of London medicine claims him, with its private clinics, wealthy, spoilt patients and huge rewards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA classic saga by one of the great masters of the genre, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stars Look Down\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHatter's Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Citadel\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving story of tragedy, triumph and redemption, and was influential in the creation of the NHS.","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890981093527,"sku":"9781447244554","price":1901.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781447244554.webp?v=1781181914","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-citadel-9781447244554","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}