Forgotten Voices of the Blitz and the Battle For Britain
A New History in the Words of the Men and Women on Both Sides
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
3 December 2007
Summary
A landmark oral history - the latest in the bestselling and award-winning Forgotten Voices series.
Drawing material from the Imperial War Museum’s extensive aural archive, Joshua Levine brings together voices from both sides of the Blitz and the Battle of Britain to give us a unique, complete and compelling picture of this turbulent time.
In June 1940, British citizens prepared for an imminent German onslaught. Hitler’s troops had overrun Holland, Belgium and France in quick s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091910044 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091910048 |
| Author: | Joshua Levine |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 3 December 2007 |
| Weight: | 333g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 29mm |
| Series: | Forgotten Voices |
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Critics Review
“With the rawness and immediacy that only this kind of oral history can provide.” Sunday Times
Terrifically moving stuff – Dominic Sandbrook * Daily Telegraph *
Anyone who wishes to learn about human courage, and human endurance, should read this account. It is more powerful than any drama, more convincing than any fiction – Peter Ackroyd
the stories range from the humdrum to the heroic and all of them are full of pathos * BBC Who Do You Think You Are Magazine *
vividly and compellingly recalls a time when the nation stood as one * Choice *
With the rawness and immediacy that only this kind of oral history can provide. * Sunday Times *
About The Author
Joshua Levine
Joshua Levine practised as a barrister for several years before becoming an actor and writer. His plays have been performed on the London stage and on BBC Radio 4, and he has scripted a television documentary about eighteenth-century London for BBC2. He was the primary researcher for Forgotten Voices of the Great War and Forgotten Voices of the Second World War. This is his first book.
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