Millions Like Us by Virginia Nicholson
We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in conditions of 'Total War' millions of women demonstrated that they were cleverer, more broad-minded and altogether more complex than anyone had ever guessed. This title tells the story of the women's war.
A deeply moving account of female courage both at home and overseas during the six brutal years of war..the joy of Virginia Nicholson's book is the way she has plaited scores of individual stories into a richly textured account of the many forms that female courage can take. This story belongs to us all -- Kathryn Hughes * The Mail On Sunday *
Vividly entertaining, uplifting and humbling, Millions Like Us deserves to be a bestseller -- Bel Mooney * The Daily Mail *
Passionate, fascinating, profoundly sympathetic -- Artemis Cooper * Evening Standard *
Where Nicholson scores over other histories and memoirs is that her vivid narrative is set firmly in the context of the social conventions of the time...this lovely book is poignant, hilarious and inspiring -- Edwina Currie * The Times *
An acclaimed account of this period... a rich seam of social history -- Cassandra Jardine * The Daily Telegraph *
Ambitious, humane and absorbing -- Anne Chisholm * Spectator *
Vividly entertaining, uplifting and humbling, Millions Like Us deserves to be a bestseller -- Bel Mooney * The Daily Mail *
Passionate, fascinating, profoundly sympathetic -- Artemis Cooper * Evening Standard *
Where Nicholson scores over other histories and memoirs is that her vivid narrative is set firmly in the context of the social conventions of the time...this lovely book is poignant, hilarious and inspiring -- Edwina Currie * The Times *
An acclaimed account of this period... a rich seam of social history -- Cassandra Jardine * The Daily Telegraph *
Ambitious, humane and absorbing -- Anne Chisholm * Spectator *
Virginia Nicholson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and grew up in Yorkshire and Sussex. She studied at Cambridge University and lived abroad in France and Italy, then worked as a documentary researcher for BBC Television. Her books include the acclaimed social history Among the Bohemians - Experiments in Living 1900-1939, and Singled Out - How Two Million Women Survived Without Men after the First World War, both published by Penguin in 2002 and 2007. She is married to a writer, has three children and lives in Sussex.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670917785 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670917788 |
| Title | Millions Like Us |
| Author | Virginia Nicholson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-05-05 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
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