My Italian Adventures by Lucy De Burgh

My Italian Adventures by Lucy De Burgh

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Every day is a new adventure – from receiving a landmine as a love token from a would-be admirer to midnight swimming in ‘a small black lake, reflecting in its passive waters the millions of twinkling stars, the blue-black sky like silk spotted with polka dots’.

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My Italian Adventures by Lucy De Burgh

Every day is a new adventure from receiving a landmine as a love token from a would-be admirer to midnight swimming in a small black lake, reflecting in its passive waters the millions of twinkling stars, the blue-black sky like silk spotted with polka dots.
Lucy Addey joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II and spent much of her wartime service in Italy. She continues to be involved with charities to alleviate the suffering of those affected by the war in Italy. Max Hastings is the former editor-in-chief is the Daily Telegraph" and the "Evening Standard." He has won many prizes both for journalism and for his books, most recently the 2012 Chicago Pritzker Library's $100,000 literary award for his contribution to military history. His books include "Catastrophe 1914" and" Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945." Mary Hodge is a family friend of Lucy Addey's.
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ISBN 13 9780752499659
ISBN 10 0752499653
Title My Italian Adventures
Author Lucy De Burgh
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The History Press Ltd
Year published 2013-09-01
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.