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Mary Churchill's war : the wartime diaries of Churchill's youngest daughter / Emma Soames.
By: Soames, Emma.
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BookPublisher: London : Two Roads, 2021Description: Hardback 24 cm.ISBN: 9781529341508 (hbk.) :; 1529341507 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Soames, Mary -- Diaries | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British | Children of prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Diaries | HistoryDDC classification: 941.082 Summary: In 1939 17-year-old Mary found herself in an extraordinary position at an extraordinary time: it was the outbreak of the Second World War and her father, Winston Churchill, had been appointed First Lord of the Admiralty; within months he would be Prime Minister. The young Mary Churchill was uniquely placed to observe this remarkable historical moment, and her diaries - most of which have never been published - provide a front-row view of the great events of war, as well as exchanges and intimate moments with her father. But they also capture what it was like to be a young woman during wartime.
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| 941.082 Britain, 1900-51. | 941.082 The century girls : | 941.082 The nanny state made me : | 941.082 Mary Churchill's war : | 941.083 The home front / | 941.083 The end of a world : | 941.084 The war years : |
In 1939 17-year-old Mary found herself in an extraordinary position at an extraordinary time: it was the outbreak of the Second World War and her father, Winston Churchill, had been appointed First Lord of the Admiralty; within months he would be Prime Minister. The young Mary Churchill was uniquely placed to observe this remarkable historical moment, and her diaries - most of which have never been published - provide a front-row view of the great events of war, as well as exchanges and intimate moments with her father. But they also capture what it was like to be a young woman during wartime.