Entertaining Eric - A Wartime Love Story

Informationen zum Autor At the end of June 1944 Squadron Leader Eric Wells returned to England on a posting to the Air Ministry. On 8 July! he and Maureen were married. After the war Eric and Maureen emigrated to Australia and settled in Melbourne. They had a son! three daughters! and three grandchildren. In 2000! deeply grateful for his interesting and very happy life and 56 years of marriage with Maureen! Eric died! aged 85! after a short illness. He is greatly missed by Maureen! who continues to live in Australia. Klappentext In 1941! as the Second World War raged on! 20-year-old Maureen Bolster began writing to her boyfriend Eric Wells. But all the while her thoughts are with her sweetheart Eric as he fights for his country in such far away places as Bahrian! Cairo! Mosul and Beirut. Zusammenfassung In 1941, as the Second World War raged on, 20-year-old Maureen Bolster began writing to her boyfriend Eric Wells. Filled with warmth and humour, this charming collection of Maureen's letters describes her life working for the war effort back home.

Product details

• Authors: Maureen Wells, Wells Maureen
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.05.2007
• EAN: 9780091912529
• ISBN: 978-0-09-191252-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Diaries, letters & journals, HISTORY / Military / World War II, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, British & Irish history, Second World War, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Diaries, letters and journals, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949