Dressed For War by Julie Summers
The untold story of how the worlds most renowned fashion magazine was brought into the modern world during the cauldron of the Second World War.
Magnificent.. [Audrey] Withers ... has walk-on parts in the biographies of the photographers Lee Miller, Cecil Beaton, Irving Penn and Norman Parkinson, all of whom she nurtured ... Summers’ task, then, was to round those pre-existing snippets, along with acres of correspondence, into flesh, and she has done it superbly ... Dressed for War works on many levels: as an evocation of an uncommon time; as a celebration of an uncommon woman; as pure, unalloyed fun. -- Lucy Davies * The Daily Telegraph *
Audrey Withers was just the woman to run a style bible in wartime. -- Ysenda Maxtone Graham * The Times *
Audrey Withers was just the woman to run a style bible in wartime. -- Ysenda Maxtone Graham * The Times *
Julie Summers is a bestselling writer, researcher and historian. Her books include :Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine; a biography of her grandfather, the man who built the 'real' bridge over the River Kwai, The Colonel of Tamarkan, Stranger in the House and When the Children Came Home,a social history of servicemen returning to their families from the Second World War. She lives in Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781471181573 |
| ISBN 10 | 147118157X |
| Title | Dressed For War |
| Author | Julie Summers |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Year published | 2020-02-06 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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