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Alexander, Eileen, 1917-1986.
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Alexander, Eileen, 1917-1986 -- Correspondence.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London.
London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1945.
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Alexander, Eileen, 1917-1986.
Alexander, Eileen, 1917-1986 -- Correspondence.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London.
London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1945.
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Love in the Blitz : the long-lost letters of a brilliant young woman to her beloved on the front / Eileen Alexander ; edited by
David
McGowan and
David
Crane
; foreword by Oswyn Murray.
by
Alexander, Eileen, 1917-1986.
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
Call #:
942.1084 A375L
Subjects
Alexander, Eileen, 1917-1986 -- Correspondence.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London.
London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1945.
ISBN:
9780062888808 (hc.)
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
xx, 474 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published as 'Love in the Blitz: the greatest lost love letters of the second World War' in Great Britain in 2020 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers."--T. p. verso.
Contents:
Foreword / Oswyn Murray -- Historical Introduction /
David
Crane
-- Drumnadrochit, summer 1939 September 1939-April 1940 ; No time to sit on brood May-September 1940 ; My young fellow September-December 1940 ; Blitz January-March 1941 ; Intentions March-September 1941 ; A rill civil servant September-December 1941 ; Your intended January-May 1942 ; Separation May-December 1942 ; Limbo January 1943-March 1944 ; The long wait April 1944-March 1946 Twin compasses ; Postscript ; Dramatis Personae ; Photo Section ; About the author ; Copyright ; About the publisher.
Summary:
This extraordinary glimpse of life in London during World War II is told through recently discovered letters written by a young woman to her university beau as she tries to carve a place for herself in a time of uncertainty, providing a vivid and personal account of this historic era.
Other authors:
McGowan,
David
(Novelist).
Crane
,
David
(
David
R
.).
Murray, Oswyn.
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