The World We Left Behind: Chronicle of the Year 1939

The World We Left Behind: Chronicle of the Year 1939

by RobertKee (Author)

Synopsis

A unique portrait of 1939, vividly recapturing the moods and sensations of Britain as the Second World War loomed.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: New
Publisher: Orion
Published: 21 Oct 1993

ISBN 10: 0297813846
ISBN 13: 9780297813842

Author Bio
Robert Kee was born in 1919, has an Oxford degree and has been writing ever since he left the RAF, in which he was a bomber pilot, in 1946. He has worked for Picture Post, the Observer, and the Sunday Times, and has been a literary editor of the Spectator. He has taken part in current affairs programmes and documentaries for the BBC and ITV. Most recently he has written on Britain during the Second World War, 1939: The World We Left Behind and 1945: The World We Fought For; and Trial and Error about the Guildford Pub bombings.