London Was Ours: Diaries and Memoirs of the London Blitz

Amy Helen Bell

ISBN 10: 1845115929 / ISBN 13: 9781845115920

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008

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Synopsis: "London was ours from the hour the blacked-out night hid its beauty until the morning siren signalled the coming day." - Joan Bright Astley. The German bombing raids on London from September 1940 to May 1941 - the London Blitz - supply us with some of the most dramatic and mythologised stories from the Home Front of the Second World War. But often overlooked in historical studies of the Blitz are the narratives supplied by Londoners themselves. In shelters, in kitchens and in offices, they wrote about their daily lives under duress, scribbling into diaries, notebooks and on the backs of envelopes. "London was Ours" analyses over two hundred letters, diaries and memoirs written by those citizens who endured the Blitz, restoring the forgotten voices of ordinary individuals to the collective memory of the Blitz and World War II. Their writings reveal widely varying points of view, often at odds with official wartime narratives and subsequent histories, making this a vital contribution to the social history of wartime Britain.

Review: 'It was in London that the 'blitz spirit' of endurance and defiance was forged. Amy Helen Bell brings vividly to life those intense eight months through the words of those who lived through them, showing with empathy and insight how very varied were the experiences and reactions of Londoners under fire.' --Juliet Gardiner, author of 'The Blitz: The British Under Attack'

'It was in London that the 'blitz spirit' of endurance and defiance was forged. Amy Helen Bell brings vividly to life those intense eight months through the words of those who lived through them, showing with empathy and insight how very varied were the experiences and reactions of Londoners under fire.' --Juliet Gardiner, author of 'The Blitz: The British Under Attack'

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Title: London Was Ours: Diaries and Memoirs of the ...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardback
Condition: New