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Waiting For Hitler
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Description for Waiting For Hitler
Paperback. A brilliant evocation by an acclaimed historical biographer of what it was really like to live in a Britain in the shadow of Nazi invasion. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16pp of photographs, plus line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
The perfect follow-up for readers of Dunkirk, Hidden Britain, Finest Hour and other gripping, personal accounts of life during the Second World War. In late summer 1940, Hitler told his army to prepare to invade England. The nation waited, breathless with tension, for the Nazi threat to become real. Acclaimed author Midge Gillies gathers together the personal accounts of those who still remember this time, with written sources from contemporary press reports, to diaries and letters, to illustrate and recreate the fear, suspense and even excitement of living in England in the shadow of ... Read more
The perfect follow-up for readers of Dunkirk, Hidden Britain, Finest Hour and other gripping, personal accounts of life during the Second World War. In late summer 1940, Hitler told his army to prepare to invade England. The nation waited, breathless with tension, for the Nazi threat to become real. Acclaimed author Midge Gillies gathers together the personal accounts of those who still remember this time, with written sources from contemporary press reports, to diaries and letters, to illustrate and recreate the fear, suspense and even excitement of living in England in the shadow of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
261g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340837993
SKU
V9780340837993
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Ref
99-1
About Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Midge Gillies is the acclaimed author of Amy Johnson: Queen of the Air and Marie Lloyd: The One and Only. She is also a freelance journalist who writes regularly for the Guardian and the Press Association. She acted as consultant and contributor to the Channel 4 documentary The Real Amy Johnson, drawn from her biography of Johnson.
Reviews for Waiting For Hitler
A cracking book... pick it up and laugh and cry. Midge Gillies tops the bill
Time Out
There have been several biographies [of Marie Lloyd], but Midge Gillies' is the most wide-ranging and thoroughly researched. It is also the best.
Sunday Telegraph
A first-rate story about a remarkable woman
Edwina Currie, New Statesman
A ... Read more
Time Out
There have been several biographies [of Marie Lloyd], but Midge Gillies' is the most wide-ranging and thoroughly researched. It is also the best.
Sunday Telegraph
A first-rate story about a remarkable woman
Edwina Currie, New Statesman
A ... Read more