To War with Whitaker
$24.83
- Paperback
380 pages
- Release Date
10 July 2018
Summary
Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, kept a diary all her life. To War with Whitaker is an account of the most adventurous, most defiant and most valiant of those years.
Hermione and Dan Ranfurly married only months before the Second World War erupted. So when Dan was posted to the Middle East, taking their faithful butler Whitaker with him, Hermione resolved to join them there. This memoir offers astounding displays of commitment and independence. After vowing not to go home with…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509856213 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509856218 |
| Author: | Hermione Ranfurly, Countess of Ranfurly, Hermione Ranfurly |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 380 |
| Release Date: | 10 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 278g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Pan Heritage Classics |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
An extraordinary story. No review can do justice to the writing
An extraordinary story. No review can do justice to the writing * Robert Rhodes James, Sunday Express *
These absolutely spiffing diaries offer a madcap, aristocratic window behind the lines of war * Daily Mail *
Few diaries from any era could be as fascinating … This is truly compulsive reading * Woman & Home *
Hermione Ranfurly, Countess of Ranfurly
Hermione Llewellyn, born in 1913, experienced a privileged early life until her family’s fortune was lost when she was 13. At 24, she moved to Australia and became the personal assistant to the Governor of New South Wales, where she met her husband, Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly.
During World War II, Lady Ranfurly defied convention by joining her husband in the Middle East. Over six years, she held various positions and interacted with notable figures, including Churchill, the kings of Greece, Egypt, and Yugoslavia, as well as writers like Noel Coward and Evelyn Waugh. Her memoir, To War with Whitaker, drew from her wartime diaries.
Following the war, Lord Ranfurly became Governor of the Bahamas. Lady Ranfurly focused on supplying local schools and libraries with books. Upon returning to London, she continued this effort, which grew into Book Aid International, an organization that has since sent over 32 million books to libraries worldwide.
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