To War With Whitaker

Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, kept a diary all her life. To War with Whitaker is an account of the most adventurous, most defiant and most valiant of those years.
Hermione and Dan Ranfurly married only months before the Second World War erupted. So when Dan was posted to the Middle East, taking their faithful butler Whitaker with him, Hermione resolved to join them there. This memoir offers astounding displays of commitment and independence. After vowing not to go home without her husband, Hermione travelled alone from Cape Town to Cairo, and remained in the Middle East and North Africa for the two and a half years he was imprisoned by the Germans - meeting many notable characters along the way.
With wit and exuberance, Hermione's diary entries take us To War with Whitaker and back again, providing sharp insight into the strong and outspoken woman she was.
'Few diaries from any era could be as fascinating . . . This is truly compulsive reading' Woman & Home

About the author

Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, OBE, was the British author of To War With Whitaker: The Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939-1945. In 1957, Lady Ranfurly extended the Ranfurly Library Service project to other developing countries short on English books; the organization later changed its name to Book Aid International. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1970 New Year Honours. She enjoyed her old age, noting "you have so many more memories than when you are young". She died at her home in Buckinghamshire on 11 February 2001 at the age of 87.

Summary

An inspired memoir, spanning over the Second World War, from a powerfully independent Countess who wouldn’t take no for an answer

Foreword

An inspired memoir, spanning over the Second World War, from a powerfully independent Countess who wouldn’t take no for an answer

Additional text

Few diaries from any era could be as fascinating . . . This is truly compulsive reading

Product details

• Authors: Hermione Ranfurly, Ranfurly Hermione
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781509856213
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-5621-3
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: Pan Heritage Classics; Pan Heritage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; London, Greater London, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Diaries, letters & journals, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous, HISTORY / Military / World War II, Memoirs, Autobiography: historical, political & military, c 1500 onwards to present day, Second World War, Palestine, General and world history, Warfare and defence, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)