Women in the War - Lucy Fisher

Descriere Women in the War - Lucy Fisher

\n \n 'An important contribution to our recent history' ANDREW MARR \n \n 'Absorbing and important' JOAN BAKEWELL \n \n 'One of my favourite reads of 2021' GARETH RUSSELL \n \nPoignant and inspiring, Women in the War tells the first-hand stories of ten of the last surviving female members of Britain's 'Greatest Generation'. \n \nWhether flying Spitfires to the frontline, aiding code breaking at Bletchley Park, plotting the Battle of the Atlantic or working with Churchill in the Cabinet War Rooms, each of these women made a crucial contribution to the conflict overseas and helped to buttress the home front.\n \nHere they recount their remarkable experiences during the Second World War, recalling how their formative years were shaped by danger and trauma, and how friendship and romance fortified their spirits.\n \nDrawing on the insight that comes with age, they contemplate how the conflict helped women prove their worth, transforming society and sparking the later battles for equal rights. \n \nWith a reporter's eye for detail, Lucy Fisher artfully weaves together moving contemporary interviews with gripping wartime diaries and letters. This is a vivid oral history that will stay with you long after you've put it down.\n

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Brand

Harper Element

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ENSTK

EAN / GTIN

9780008456146

Magazine

2

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