Love And War In London

Author : Olivia Cockett
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750981682

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Love & War in London by Olivia Cockett Pdf

Love & War in London is rooted in the extraordinary milieu of wartime London. Vibrant and engaging, Olivia Cockett's diary reveals her frustrations, fears, pleasures and self-doubts. She recorded her mood swings and tried to understand them, and wrote of her lover (a married man) and the intense relationship they had. As she and her friends and family in New Scotland Yard were swept up by the momentous events of another European war, she vividly reported on what she saw and heard in her daily life. Hers is a diary that brings together the personal and the public. It permits us to understand how one intelligent, imaginative woman struggled to make sense of her life, as the city in which she lived was drawn into the turmoil of a catastrophic war.

Author : Olivia Cockett
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750981682

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Love and War in London by Olivia Cockett Pdf

Love & War in London is rooted in the extraordinary milieu of wartime London. Vibrant and engaging, Olivia Cockett’s diary reveals her frustrations, fears, pleasures and self-doubts. She recorded her mood swings and tried to understand them, and wrote of her lover (a married man) and the intense relationship they had. As she and her friends and family in New Scotland Yard were swept up by the momentous events of another European war, she vividly reported on what she saw and heard in her daily life. Hers is a diary that brings together the personal and the public. It permits us to understand how one intelligent, imaginative woman struggled to make sense of her life, as the city in which she lived was drawn into the turmoil of a catastrophic war.

Author : Olivia Cockett
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781554587391

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Love and War in London by Olivia Cockett Pdf

Olivia Cockett was twenty-six years old in the summer of 1939 when she responded to an invitation from Mass Observation to “ordinary” individuals to keep a diary of their everyday lives, attitudes, feelings, and social relations. This book is an annotated, unabridged edition of her candid and evocative diary. Love and War in London: A Woman’s Diary 1939-1942 is rooted in the extraordinary milieu of wartime London. Vibrant and engaging, Olivia’s diary reveals her frustrations, fears, pleasures, and self-doubts. She records her mood swings and tries to understand them, and speaks of her lover (a married man) and the intense relationship they have. As she and her friends and family in New Scotland Yard are swept up by the momentous events of another European war, she vividly reports on what she sees and hears in her daily life. Hers is a diary that brings together the personal and the public. It permits us to understand how one intelligent, imaginative woman struggled to make sense of her life, as the city in which she lived was drawn into the turmoil of a catastrophic war.

Author : Susan Jacobs
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781742532486

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In Love and War: Kiwi soldiers' romantic encounters by Susan Jacobs Pdf

When New Zealand forces arrived in Italy following the 1943 Armistice with the Allied forces, it was inevitable they would mingle with the local population. The Italians opened their homes and hearts to the New Zealand soldiers who delighted in finding young Italian signorinas everywhere. In Love and War tells of the liaisons and love affairs of New Zealand soldiers and their Italian sweethearts during World War Two. For some the result was marriage, leading to a new and often strained life for the Italian war brides on the other side of the world. For others, their wartime romance ended in heartbreaking separation when the Kiwi soldiers were posted elsewhere or returned home. Unknowingly, some left behind children who would grow up without ever meeting their natural fathers. While the New Zealand commanding officers did their very best to curtail fraternisation between Kiwi soldiers and the civilian population, for servicemen starved of female company relationships were easy to fall into. These touching stories of their romantic wartime encounters reveal the human side of war.

Author : Liz Byrski
Publisher : Fremantle Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781925161458

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In Love and War by Liz Byrski Pdf

In the aftermath of the Battle of Britain, airmen filled a small town where pioneering plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe established revolutionary surgical and therapeutic treatments. For the child Liz Byrski, growing up in East Grinstead, the burnt faces of these airmen filled her nightmares. In her late sixties, Liz returned to make peace with her memories and to speak not only with the survivors – known as the Guinea Pig Club – but with the nurses who played a vital and unorthodox role in their treatment, sometimes at a significant personal cost.

Author : Santa Montefiore
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471172823

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Songs of Love and War by Santa Montefiore Pdf

Previously published in the US as The Girl in the Castle. The #1 international bestseller about the enduring bond between three women and the castle they will never forget. Their lives were mapped out ahead of them. But love and war will change everything... It’s the early 1900s and Castle Deverill stands staunchly untouched by time, hidden away in the rolling Irish hills. Within the castle walls, three friends have formed a close bond: affluent, flame-haired Kitty Deverill; Bridie Doyle, Kitty’s best friend and daughter of the castle’s cook; and Celia Deverill, Kitty’s flamboyant English cousin. They’ve grown up together, always sheltered from the conflict embroiling the rest of the country. But when Bridie learns of a secret Kitty has been keeping, their idyllic world is forever torn apart. Later, the three women scatter to different parts of the globe. Kitty must salvage what she can before Castle Deverill and everything she has ever known is reduced to ash. Songs of Love and War is an epic generational saga about the lasting bonds of true friendship and the powerful ties we all have to the place we call home.

Author : Ellen Jones
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 2432 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480430624

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The Queens of Love and War by Ellen Jones Pdf

Three engrossing historical novels—in one volume—bring the Plantagenets and the splendor and scheming of twelfth-century Europe to vivid life. In The Fatal Crown, set against the seething political intrigues of twelfth-century Europe, two royal heirs surrender to passion as they vie for the most glittering, treacherous prize of all: the English throne. At twenty-five, the widowed Maud must marry once again, this time to fourteen-year-old Geoffrey Plantagenet. But it is with Stephen of Blois, Maud’s fiercest rival for the British throne, that the headstrong princess discovers the true meaning of desire. In Beloved Enemy, Aquitaine is under the French king’s safekeeping, and Eleanor, the Duke of Aquitaine’s eldest daughter, knows she must wed Prince Louis in order to insure the future of her beloved duchy. Fiercely independent, filled with untapped desire, the woman who would be queen must provide Louis VII, her monkish husband, with heirs. But it is young Henry of Anjou who catches Eleanor’s eye—and sets fire to her heart. And in Gilded Cages, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry Plantagenet—whose marriage was born of power, politics, and an all-consuming, fiery love—rule a vast kingdom. At first they work to unify and repair their war-torn lands—before being torn apart by intrigue, adultery, and deadly revenge.

Author : Mark Franko
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199367856

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Martha Graham in Love and War by Mark Franko Pdf

Often called the Picasso, Stravinksy, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Here, Franko reframes Graham's most famous creations by showing how she wove together strands of love, passion, politics, and myth to create an American school of choreography and dance.

Author : Barbara Cartland
Publisher : Thorndike Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Large print books
ISBN : 0783803117

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Love and War by Barbara Cartland Pdf

Gina Lang leaves her finishing school in London to rescue her widowed mother who is about to lose her fortune and reputation to the machinations of a caddish captain, and receives help from the Marquisof Mortlake, the most desirable bachelor of the beau Monde.

Author : David Mitchell
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780889658

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Tea, Love and War by David Mitchell Pdf

The range of the book: from wartime England to colonial Assam; from sapper training in India to jungle warfare in Malaya – Tea, Love and War tells the unique true story of the child of an exploited village woman gaining recognition and acceptance in suburban England.

Author : Dominie Whyntie
Publisher : Whyntie
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0646475959

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Love and War and All that Stuff by Dominie Whyntie Pdf

Author : Antony Augoustakis,Monica S. Cyrino
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781350144255

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Screening Love and War in Troy: Fall of a City by Antony Augoustakis,Monica S. Cyrino Pdf

This is the first volume of essays published on the television series Troy: Fall of a City (BBC One and Netflix, 2018). Covering a wide range of engaging topics, such as gender, race and politics, international scholars in the fields of classics, history and film studies discuss how the story of Troy has been recreated on screen to suit the expectations of modern audiences. The series is commended for the thought-provoking way it handles important issues arising from the Trojan War narrative that continue to impact our society today. With discussions centered on epic narrative, cast and character, as well as tragic resonances, the contributors tackle gender roles by exploring the innovative ways in which mythological female figures such as Helen, Aphrodite and the Amazons are depicted in the series. An examination is also made into the concept of the hero and how the series challenges conventional representations of masculinity. We encounter a significant investigation of race focusing on the controversial casting of Achilles, Patroclus, Zeus and other series characters with Black actors. Several essays deal with the moral and ethical complexities surrounding warfare, power and politics. The significance of costume and production design are also explored throughout the volume.

Author : Eduardo Galeano
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0745317227

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Days and Nights of Love and War by Eduardo Galeano Pdf

'[A] masterpiece of reportorial thoroughness, painstaking research, and serious reflection.' Edward Said

Author : Oneta McCarthy
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781425130916

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Love and War by Oneta McCarthy Pdf

This is a love story, but is is also a story of World War II, told by using 268 actual love letters.

Author : Dee Williams
Publisher : Headline
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755373055

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Love and War by Dee Williams Pdf

When the war changes family life forever, a mother finds strength in her East End community. Dee Williams writes an evocative saga in Love and War, as she follows a family through their wartime endeavours. Perfect for fans of Pam Evans and Harry Bowling. Living in their two-up-two-down in Rotherhithe in 1938, Eileen and Ronald Wells lead a happy and settled existence with their three daughters, all of whom have jobs, boyfriends and promising lives ahead of them. But soon the storm clouds of war engulf Europe and they suddenly find their idyllic family life thrown into chaos. Throughout the country young people hasten to join up, and Eileen watches anxiously as her two older girls do the same, one in the air force and one in the land army, while the youngest goes into a factory. With her family scattered and the war getting worse by the day, Eileen throws herself into the community, always on hand to help friends and neighbours when tragedy strikes, while savouring any rare moments of celebration. What readers are saying about Love and War: '[Dee Williams'] stories are so brilliant, there is at least one page in every book that reduces me to tears, I am so drawn into the story' 'I absolutely loved this book. From the moment I opened the cover I knew it would be a fab read. Story was great, characters were lovely and it took me back into a previous era. Cried buckets towards the end. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys books set in the war, about a great friendship and hard times' 'This is one of the best books I have ever read - it's brilliant with a great unexpected ending'