The Facemaker

At a time when losing a limb made a soldier a hero, but losing a face made him a monster to a society largely intolerant of disfigurement, pioneering surgeon Harold Gillies restored not just the faces of the wounded but also their spirits. Meticulously researched and grippingly told, this book places Gillies's ingenious surgical innovations alongside the poignant stories of soldiers whose lives were wrecked and repaired.


Author: Lindsey Fitzharris
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: June 2023
ISBN: 9780141990293
Pages: 336
Dimensions: 20cm x 13cm