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A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War.
The Season of 1939 brought all those 'in Society' to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and Queen to mark their acceptance into the new adult world of their parents. They sparkled their way through a succession of balls and parties and sporting events.
The Season brought together influential people not only from Society but also from Government at the various events of the social calendar. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain chaperoned his debutante niece to weekend house parties; Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, lunched with the Headmaster of Eton; Cabinet Ministers encountered foreign Ambassadors at balls in the houses of the great hostesses. As the hot summer drew on, the newspapers filled with ever more ominous reports of the relentless progress towards war. There was nothing to do but wait - and dance. The last season of peace was nearly over.
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De Courcy's fascinating narrative switches between domestic concerns, ranging from country-house fare to patent medicines, and the approach of would-be gatecrashers across the channel (THE INDEPENDENT)
A fascinating window on the frivolous social but grave political world of Britain in the Second World War... The illustrations are delightful (THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
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A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War.
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- PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0753816725
- ISBN 13 9780753816721
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
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