Cairo in the War, 1939-1945 by Artemis Cooper
This is an account of life, attitudes and events in Cairo during World War II. It describes the historical background of the events of the Desert War, as well as stories and descriptions of personalities gleaned from the Ambassador's diaries and those of her grandparents, Duff and Diana Cooper.
Artemis Cooper is the author of several books, including Cairo in the War, 1939-1945; the authorized biography of Elizabeth David, Writing at the Kitchen Table; and with her husband, the historian Antony Beevor, Paris After the Liberation, 1944-1949. Among the volumes she has edited are Patrick Leigh Fermor's Words of Mercury and the correspondence between Evelyn Waugh and Cooper's famous grandmother, Lady Diana Cooper. Six books by Patrick Leigh Fermor are published by NYRB Classics: A Time of Gifts; Between the Woods and the Water; A Time to Keep Silence; Mani; Roumeli; and The Traveller's Tree. Also, NYRB is the publisher of In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140247817 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140247815 |
| Title | Cairo in the War, 1939-1945 |
| Author | Artemis Cooper |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1995-04-10 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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