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To War with Whitaker: Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939-45 (Pan Heritage Classics, 13, Band 13) - Softcover

Ranfurly Countess Of Ranfurly, Hermione

 
9781509856213: To War with Whitaker: Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939-45 (Pan Heritage Classics, 13, Band 13)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1509856218 ISBN 13: 9781509856213
Verlag: Pan, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, kept a diary all her life. To War with Whitaker is an account of the most adventurous, most defiant and most valiant of those years.

Hermione and Dan Ranfurly married only months before the Second World War erupted. So when Dan was posted to the Middle East, taking their faithful butler Whitaker with him, Hermione resolved to join them there. This memoir offers astounding displays of commitment and independence. After vowing not to go home without her husband, Hermione travelled alone from Cape Town to Cairo, and remained in the Middle East and North Africa for the two and a half years he was imprisoned by the Germans – meeting many notable characters along the way.

With wit and exuberance, Hermione’s diary entries take us To War with Whitaker and back again, providing sharp insight into the strong and outspoken woman she was. This Pan Heritage Classics edition features the original black and white plate sections.

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Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, OBE, was the British author of To War With Whitaker: The Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939-1945. In 1957, Lady Ranfurly extended the Ranfurly Library Service project to other developing countries short on English books; the organization later changed its name to Book Aid International. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1970 New Year Honours. She enjoyed her old age, noting "you have so many more memories than when you are young". She died at her home in Buckinghamshire on 11 February 2001 at the age of 87.

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Verlag
Pan
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1509856218
ISBN 13 
9781509856213
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
380
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