A Wartime Christmas

Author : Carol Rivers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0857208349
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Wartime Christmas written by Carol Rivers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling Christmas saga. The perfect read for the cold winter nights! THIS CHRISTMAS, CAN LOVE FIND A WAY? 1941, Isle of Dogs. The little community on Slater Street has fought valiantly to keep their spirits up through the long nights of the Blitz. Though her husband Alan has been called up to serve his country, Kay Lewis is determined to give their young son Alfie as merry a Christmas as any other. But when a strange woman arrives on her doorstep, Kay's world is shaken to the core . . . When the woman claims that Alan has been leading a double life, Kay begins to wonder whether she ever knew her husband at all. Then disaster strikes as Alan is reported missing in action. With no way of discovering the truth, Kay will have some difficult decisions to make if she is to protect her family and keep her faith in the man she thought she knew. A heart-warming and nostalgic Christmas family saga set at the heart of wartime London, about finding hope in the darkest of times. Perfect for fans of Sheila Newberry and Rosie Goodwin Praise for CAROL RIVERS: 'Surely one of the best saga writers of her time' – Rosie Clarke 'A gripping page turner' - LEAH FLEMING 'Brings the East End to life - family loyalties, warring characters and broken dreams. Superb' - ELIZABETH GILL

Author : A. Richards
Publisher : Imperial War Museums
ISBN 13 : 9781912423231
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wartime Christmas written by A. Richards and published by Imperial War Museums. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas has been regularly celebrated during wartime. From the Christmas truce of 1914 out in no-mans land on the Western Front, to prisoners of war cooking up their very unique Christmas dinners with whatever they could get their hands on in German POW camps in the 1940s, the privations and difficulties caused by conflict has never stopped people indulging in a little holiday cheer. This lavish gift book, illustrated with one hundred objects, photographs, and works of art from the unmatched Imperial War Museums collection, tells the stories of those who lived through these challenging times, when wrapping paper was banned, rationing was in full force, and children were separated from their families. Also included are tips and tricks for creating recycled presents and greetings cards and recipes to cook a delicious wartime Christmas meal. Wartime Christmas explores the dichotomy apparent in celebrating "peace to all men" while continuing to fight a war of aggression.

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Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781803995120
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Wartime Christmas written by and published by History Press. This book was released on 2023-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic look at Christmas during wartime, based on the memories of wartime veterans and their families, and including accounts of Christmas under fire, Christmas in POW camps and Christmas on the home front

Author : Mike Brown
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752495488
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christmas on the Home Front written by Mike Brown and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2004-10-28 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon personal recollections, contemporary Mass Observation reports, newspaper articles and advertisements, personal and archive photographs, Mike Brown and Carol Harris look at each wartime Christmas on the British Home Front, from 1939 to 1944.

Author : Stanley Weintraub
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306820625
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pearl Harbor Christmas written by Stanley Weintraub and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas 1941 came little more than two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The shock—in some cases overseas, elation—was worldwide. While Americans attempted to go about celebrating as usual, the reality of the just-declared war was on everybody’s mind. United States troops on Wake Island were battling a Japanese landing force and, in the Philippines, losing the fight to save Luzon. In Japan, the Pearl Harbor strike force returned to Hiroshima Bay and toasted its sweeping success. Across the Atlantic, much of Europe was frozen in grim Nazi occupation. Just three days before Christmas, Churchill surprised Roosevelt with an unprecedented trip to Washington, where they jointly lit the White House Christmas tree. As the two Allied leaders met to map out a winning wartime strategy, the most remarkable Christmas of the century played out across the globe. Pearl Harbor Christmas is a deeply moving and inspiring story about what it was like to live through a holiday season few would ever forget.

Author : James McIvor
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780452287693
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers written by James McIvor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents an inspiring event just after Christmas in 1862 when closely camped Union and Confederate armies, having endeavored to out-sing one another with contrasting patriotic songs, joined together in a shared round of "Home Sweet Home," in an account complemented by soldier letters, period poetry, and historical song lyrics. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

Author : Maria Hubert
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 1803995130
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Wartime Christmas written by Maria Hubert and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those who lived through wartime Christmases the celebrations during those years had an especially poignant flavour. This unique anthology recreates those times of heartache and brief moments of pleasurable escape and happiness. Share with wartime veterans and their families memories of Christmas under fire; read about the gift of a pig for POWs' dinner from the Japanese emperor and how Glenn Miller's disappearance almost ruined the AEF Christmas show; enjoy ENSA veterans' anecdotes of Christmas concerts in the most awkward situations. From Christmas on the Russian Front, on board ship in heaving seas and a soldier's experiences in Egypt, 'It ain't arf hot' pantomimes and the Archbishop of York's Christmas message in 1940, to an account of life in the Warsaw ghetto, here is a collection of what made Christmas special during the years of the Second World War. Illustrated throughout, A Wartime Christmas showcases the hope, warmth and colour that the occasion inspired during those bleak times.

Author : Mike Brown
Publisher : Pitkin
ISBN 13 : 9781841653846
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Wartime Christmas 1939-1945 written by Mike Brown and published by Pitkin. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here we trace the history of the Second World War through six wartime Christmases, with fascinating information on how people in Britain, Allied troops at home and British servicemen aboard celebrated the festive season. This highly illustrated and informative guide explores how people made the most of trying times, hanging paper chains in air-raid shelters and enriching Christmas cakes with gravy browning. Through rationing, bad news and good, absences, losses and homecomings, Christmas cheer bubbled up during these dark years. For many, of course, Christmas proved a sad time, with reflections on the years of peace gone by, toasting loved ones far away, and thinking of those who would never come home. But for six years Christmas and the New Year were celebrated with song, jokes, simple gifts, and the wish that ‘next year the war will be over’.

Author : Stanley Weintraub
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306822334
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Christmas Far from Home written by Stanley Weintraub and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anecdote-rich narrative of the 1950 holiday season during the Korean War, when, just after Thanksgiving, tens of thousands of US troops were surrounded in the Chosin reservoir area by hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops and began a terrible and difficult retreat, which finally ended on Christmas Day.

Author : Kitty Danton
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 1409178501
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Wartime Christmas written by Kitty Danton and published by Orion. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1943 and despite the dangers, Sukie and Pattie left Devon behind to work at the bustling Edwardes Hotel in Covent Garden, serving everyone from army officials to theatre goers. With Sukie working 'upstairs' on reception and Pattie a chambermaid 'downstairs', they see everything that goes on and find themselves quickly falling in love with both London and the hotel. Until tragedy strikes, leaving Sukie desperately in need of hope in her darkest hours. Only to find that the hotel and its staff help her regain her feet, so when she discovers that the hotel is facing financial difficulty, Sukie knows she will do anything to save it. As war rages on and the festive season just around the corner Sukie has to find a solution before the place she now calls home is taken from her forever. Can the girls work together to save the Edwardes Hotel and make this a Christmas to remember? Full of romance, heartbreak and friendship, this gripping new wartime saga from Kitty Danton offers an exciting and heart-warming read for fans of Annie Groves and Ellie Dean.