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From Churchill´s War Rooms: Letters of a Secretary 1943-45
Joanna Moody
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Description for From Churchill´s War Rooms: Letters of a Secretary 1943-45
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Published for the first time, this illuminating and poignant correspondence offers a rare insight into the workings of the Cabinet War Rooms towards the end of the Second World War, and documents the rich wartime experiences of a woman with exclusive access to the closed world of Churchill's inner circle.
1939-1945 saw many important events of the Second World War. Yet a young secretary, Olive Christopher, was party to the political secrets of these crucial final years, working in Churchill's Cabinet War Rooms.
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752446080
SKU
V9780752446080
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Ref
99-3
About Joanna Moody
Dr Joanna Moody taught for many years in the Department of English and Related Literature, University of York. She has edited several collections of letters and diaries and contributed to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She is currently editing Ezra Pound's family diaries together with her husband and Pound's daughter. Dr Moody has also recently won Vice Chancellor's teaching ... Read more
Reviews for From Churchill´s War Rooms: Letters of a Secretary 1943-45
'One of the most atmospheric eyewitness accounts of that time'
Elizabeth Grice
The Daily Telegraph
Elizabeth Grice
The Daily Telegraph