The love-charm of bombs : restless lives in the Second World War
Feigel, Lara2013
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A powerful wartime chronicle told through the eyes of five prominent writers: Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, Rose Macaulay, Hilde Spiel and Henry Yorke (writing as Henry Green). Lara Feigel interweaves letters, diaries and fiction with official civil defence records to chart the history of a burning world in wartime London and post-war Vienna and Berlin.
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Author:
Feigel, Lara, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Collation:
519 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408830444 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5'3161'0922
Language:
English
Subject:
Spiel, HildeWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- England -- LondonAuthors, English -- 20th century -- Relations with womenWomen authors, English -- 20th century -- Relations with menAuthors, English -- 20th century -- Sexual behavior -- England -- LondonAuthors, English -- 20th century -- Homes and hauntsWorld War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- England -- LondonWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the warWarfare and DefenceWarfare and Defence
BRN:
121934
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