We are at war: the remarkable diaries of five ordinary people in extraordinary times / Simon Garfield
by Garfield, Simon
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
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About This Item
London: Ebury Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 424 pages: illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Summary: 'We Are At War' continues Garfield's successful formula of interweaving five ordinary lives from the Mass-Observation archive begun with 'Our Hidden Lives'. Beginning in the weeks before the war, and ending a year later with the Battle of Britain, the book tells the story of the war on the home front. Subjects: Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century.Social history. Second World War (1939-1945). World War, 1939-1945; Personal narratives, British.World War, 1939-1945 Social aspects Great Britain.
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Simon Garfield is the author of ten highly-acclaimed books of non-fiction. His study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence , won the Somerset Maugham Prize.
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- Title
- We are at war: the remarkable diaries of five ordinary people in extraordinary times / Simon Garfield
- Author
- Garfield, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091896959
- ISBN 13
- 9780091896959
- Publisher
- London: Ebury Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
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