The Guardian Book of Wartime Country Diaries
The Guardian Book of Wartime Country Diaries
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Summary
Twice in the 20th century, the world was engulfed by warfare whose battles and effects on society have been much-chronicled. This book presents a less familiar story of how the struggles between the Great European powers and against Hitler reached into the quietest corners of the British countryside.
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The Guardian Book of Wartime Country Diaries by Martin Wainwright
The twentieth century saw two world wars and countless other conflicts whose effects on society have been well documented. Here you will find the less familiar story of how these international struggles managed to reach into the quietest corners of the British countryside. From Battle of Britain vapour trails looping over summer cornfields and affecting local hawks and waterfowl to the lone ringed bird who limped in from invaded Czechoslovakia, diarists note down and discuss the momentous changes wrought by wars on British country life. Women and children fetching in the harvest as their menfolk fight in Flanders. Italian prisoners of war singing opera in Herefordshire orchards. Mobilising the Women's Institute to make jam for the war effort. Beautifully written and subtly observed, these rediscovered treasures reveal how for all its soft beauty, Britain's rural landscape has been shaped, in part, by man at war with man.
Martin Wainwright is Northern Editor of the Guardian. He is the editor of A Lifetime of Mountains: The Best of A Harry Griffin's Country Diary (2005), A Gleaming Landscape: A Hundred Years of the Country Diary (2006) and is the author of The Guardian Book of April Fools Day (2007) and the Coast to Coast Walk (2007).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780852650806 |
| ISBN 10 | 0852650809 |
| Title | The Guardian Book of Wartime Country Diaries |
| Author | Martin Wainwright |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Guardian Books |
| Year published | 2007-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |