The King's War

@2@The broadcast that George VI made to the nation on the outbreak of war in September 1939 - which formed the climax of the multi Oscar-winning film @18@The King's Speech@19@ - was the product of years of hard work with Lionel Logue, his iconoclastic Australian-born speech therapist. Yet the relationship between the two men did not end there. Far from it: in the years that followed, Logue was to play an even more important role at the monarch's side.@3@@2@@18@The King's War@19@ follows this relationship through the dark days of Dunkirk and the drama of D-Day to eventual victory in 1945 - and beyond. It is written by Peter Conradi, a @18@Sunday Times@19@ journalist, and Mark Logue, Lionel's grandson, whose previous book, @18@The King's Speech:@19@ @18@How One Man Saved the British Monarchy@19@, was a best-seller in Britain and America and translated into more than 20 languages.@3@@2@The book draws on exclusive material from the Logue Archive - the collection of diaries, letters and other documents left by Lionel and his feisty wife, Myrtle. It provides a fascinating portrait of two men and their respective families - the Windsors and the Logues - as they together faced up to the greatest challenge in Britain's history.@3@

Product details

• Authors: Pete Conradi, Peter Conradi, Peter (University of Siegen Conradi, Peter J. Conradi, Mark Logue, Logue Mark
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781782065975
• ISBN: 978-1-78206-597-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 233 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Biography: royalty, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General