Domestic Soldiers
Six Women's Lives in the Second World War
$25.38
- Paperback
420 pages
- Release Date
20 November 2007
Summary
Over 8 million women stayed at home during the Second World War and their story has never been told. Using brand new research from the Mass-Observation Archive, Jennifer Purcell brings to life - in all its tragedy, pathos, joy and fear - the lives of six ordinary women made extraordinary by the demands of war. In their diaries and notes they record the inner thoughts and everyday activities as they tried to survive come what may.
Nella Last, the archetypal housewife struggles between …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849017145 |
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| ISBN-10: | 184901714X |
| Author: | Jennifer Purcell |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 420 |
| Release Date: | 20 November 2007 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 133mm x 24mm |
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The book gives a diverse flavour of experience. - Who Do You Think You Are?This is an enjoyable and rewarding social history of the war. - BBC History MagazineFascinating read. - Sunday PostAbout The Author
Jennifer Purcell
Jennifer Purcell has a PhD in Modern British history from Sussex University where she did new research in the lives of the seven women in the book in the Mass Observation Archive. She currently teaches in Vermont, New England.
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