The love-charm of bombs : restless lives in the Second World War
Feigel, Lara2013
Book
A powerful wartime chronicle told through the eyes of five prominent writers: Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, Rose Macaulay, Hilde Spiel and Henry Yorke (writing as Henry Green). Lara Feigel interweaves letters, diaries and fiction with official civil defence records to chart the history of a burning world in wartime London and post-war Vienna and Berlin.
Main title:
Author:
Feigel, Lara, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2013.London : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Collation:
519 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408830444 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.531610922940.53161940.5316
Local class:
940.53161 FEI
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- England -- LondonAuthors, English -- 20th century -- Relations with womenWomen authors, English -- 20th century -- Relations with menAuthors, English -- 20th century -- Sexual behavior -- England -- LondonAuthors, English -- 20th century -- Homes and hauntsSpiel, HildeWorld War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- England -- LondonWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war
BRN:
228407