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Love and War in London

Author : Olivia Cockett

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 219 pages

File Size : 33,48 MB

Release : 2016-10-21

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0750981687

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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.



Love and War in London

Author : Olivia Cockett

Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 26,98 MB

Release : 2009-08-03

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1554587395

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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.



Love & War

Author : Melissa de la Cruz

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 384 pages

File Size : 34,72 MB

Release : 2018-04-17

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1524739669

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A New York Times Bestseller! The thrilling romance of young Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler continues in the sizzling sequel to the New York Times bestselling Alex & Eliza: A Love Story 1781. Albany, New York. As the war for American independence rages on, Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler begin their new life as a married couple. Still, Alex is as determined as ever to prove his mettle and secure his legacy . . . even if that means leaving his beloved Eliza behind to join the front lines at the Battle of Yorktown. But when the war unexpectedly arrives on Eliza's doorstep, she must fight for a better future--for their fledgling country and for her marriage. Yet even after the Revolution comes to its historic close, Alex and Eliza's happily-ever-after is threatened. Eliza struggles to build a home in the hustle and bustle of New York City just as Alex's burgeoning law practice brings him up against his greatest rival--the ambitious young lawyer Aaron Burr. And with Alex's star on the rise, Eliza can't help but feel neglected by a husband who seems to have time for everyone but her. Torn apart by new trials and temptations, can Alex and Eliza's epic love survive life in the big city? The battles are just beginning in the sumptuous sequel to Melissa de la Cruz's New York Times bestselling Alex & Eliza: A Love Story.



In Love and War

Author : Liz Byrski

Publisher : Fremantle Press

Page : 217 pages

File Size : 25,56 MB

Release : 2015-07-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1925161455

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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.



Days and Nights of Love and War

Author : Eduardo Galeano

Publisher : Pluto Press

Page : 182 pages

File Size : 25,64 MB

Release : 2001-01-20

Category : History

ISBN : 9780745317229

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



The Queens of Love and War

Author : Ellen Jones

Publisher : Open Road Media

Page : 2432 pages

File Size : 35,34 MB

Release : 2013-05-21

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1480430625

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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.



Love and War in the WRNS

Author : Vicky Unwin

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 405 pages

File Size : 41,47 MB

Release : 2015-06-01

Category : Literary Collections

ISBN : 0750964677

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Sheila Mills’s story is a unique perspective of the Second World War. She is a clever, middle-class Norfolk girl with a yen for adventure and joins the WRNS in 1940 to escape the shackles of secretarial work in London, her unhappy childhood and her social-climbing mother. From a first posting in Scotland in 1940, she progresses through the ranks, first to Egypt and later to a vanquished Germany. Extraordinary and fascinating encounters and personalities are seen through the eyes of a young Wren officer: Admiral Ramsay, the Invasion of Sicily and Operation Mincemeat that triggered it, The Flap, the sinking of the Medway, the surrender of the Italian fleet and the Belsen Trials. These observations are peppered with humorous insights into the humdrum preoccupations of a typical Wren – boys, appearance and having fun, while worrying about home and family. This treasure trove of hundreds of letters, along with scrapbooks and memorabilia, some of which are reproduced here, was discovered in bin liners shortly after Sheila died. Her daughter, Vicky, has pieced together a fascinating and unusual record of the Second World War from a woman’s perspective.



Love and War

Author : Barbara Cartland

Publisher : Thorndike Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 24,45 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Large print books

ISBN : 9780783803111

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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.



Love and War

Author : Oneta McCarthy

Publisher : Trafford Publishing

Page : 466 pages

File Size : 29,17 MB

Release : 2008

Category : History

ISBN : 1425130917

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Book Description

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



London War Notes, 1939-1945

Author : Mollie Panter-Downes

Publisher :

Page : 378 pages

File Size : 14,90 MB

Release : 1972-01-01

Category : World War, 1939-1945

ISBN : 9780582101463

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