The Guardian Book of Wartime Country Diaries - Rilegato

Martin Wainwright Ed

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0852650809 ISBN 13: 9780852650806

Casa editrice: Guardian Newspapers Ltd, 2007

Riassunto

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.

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Descrizione del libro:

A poignant collection of archive pieces from the Guardian's perennially popular 'Country Diary'.

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• Editore: Guardian Newspapers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0852650809
• ISBN 13: 9780852650806
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Redattore: Martin Wainwright