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THE BATTLE OF LONDON 1939-45 - JERRY WHITE KART...

'Endlessly fascinating. . . White is such a brilliant historian' Mail on SundayLasting for six
long years  the Blitz transformed life in the capital beyond recognition  marking a time of
almost constant anxiety  disruption  deprivation and sacrifice for Londoners. With the capital
the nation's frontline during the Second World War  by its end  30 000 inhabitants had lost
their lives.While much has been written about 'the Myth of the Blitz'  its riveting social
history has often been overlooked. Unearthing what it was actually like for those living
through those tempestuous years  Jerry White paints a fascinating portrait of the daily lives
of ordinary Londoners  telling the story through their own voices.'As a history of the capital
in wartime  it is probably unsurpassable' Sunday Telegraph'An impressive history of the capital
at war. . . White  an accomplished chronicler of London's history  tells it with brio and a
confident mastery of the sources' Literary Review

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