The battlefields of WWI bring together Genevieve Howard, who becomes an Australian Army nurse and Madeleine Aspinall, a British ambulance driver. Coming from very different beginnings, the horrors of Gallipoli and the Western Front provide the violent background to their friendship and the relationships with the men in their lives. 'Two Women Went to War' is a novel about love, war and the complex bounds of friendship. Lives are challenged in numerous ways through the turbulent and dramatic landscapes of WWI and the years that follow.

L E Pembroke was born and raised in Sydney. This, her second book, reflects her passion for history and the extraordinary stories of ordinary men and women.