Millions Like Us

Informationen zum Autor Virginia Nicholson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grew up in Yorkshire and Sussex, and studied at Cambridge University. She lived abroad in France and Italy, then worked as a documentary researcher for the BBC. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, her books include the acclaimed social histories Among the Bohemians , Singled Out, Millions Like Us , and Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes . She is married with three grown-up children and lives in Sussex. Klappentext Nicholson tells the story of the women's Second World War and how they remade their world in peacetime, through a host of individual experiences. This is a wonderfully evocative and perfectly timed subject, with plenty of public interest in a largely untold story. Now in paperback, it follows the success of "Singled Out", her history of WWI. 'A magnificent work of social history written with passion and panache' "Daily Express" Zusammenfassung We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in conditions of "Total War" millions of women demonstrated that they were cleverer, more broad-minded and altogether more complex than anyone had ever guessed. This title tells the story of the women's Second World War.

Product details

• Authors: Virginia Nicholson, Nicholson Virginia
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 15.03.2012
• EAN: 9780141037899
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103789-9
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 200 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book; First World War, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, Second World War, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1950 to c 1959, Gender studies: women, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Gender studies: women and girls, War and defence operations, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General