Remarkable Journeys of the Second World War by Victoria Panton Bacon
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Description Capturing the stories of ordinary human beings who lived through extraordinary times
Publisher Description
Inspired by conversations with many veterans following the publication of her grandfather's wartime memoir, Victoria Panton-Bacon has gathered a moving collection of stories. These are stories of bravery, sadness, horror, doubt and longing, from ordinary people who lived under the long shadows cast by World War II and whose young lives were changed irrevocably. These were the young of a different age when work for most began at fourteen, and the world conspired to thrust them into the jaws of conflict. For them, war, the ultimate leveller, threw them into remarkable times, whether they were a merchant seaman, army officer, pilot, young Jewish girl, code breaker or Home Guard recruit. From one extraordinary story to the next, this is an important and immersive book. AUTHOR: Victoria Panton Bacon lives in Suffolk, with her two young boys, Rollo and Ranulph. She worked for Rt Hon Sir John Major both when he was Prime Minister and at Conservative Central Office and the House of Commons when he was writing his memoirs. This was followed by a career in broadcast journalism with the BBC, where she began as a producer on Breakfast with Frost and ended up in radio with the BBC World Service. Victoria founded Elizabeth's Legacy of Hope in 2011 with her twin sister, Sarah, to raise money for children in developing countries who need prosthetic legs, and in 2014, she edited her grandfather's World War II story, published by Penguin.
Author Biography
VICTORIA PANTON BACON is a Second World War historian who uses her writing to portray the human cost of war. Her writing career began when she discovered her grandfather's war memoir in his garage; this would later be published as Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer (Penguin, 2018). Her second book, Remarkable Journeys of the Second World War (The History Press, 2020), was described as 'fascinating and touching' by Joanna Lumley. In 2011 Victoria co-founded Elizabeth's Legacy of Hope, a charity that provides amputee children in Africa and India with prosthetic limbs and education. She lives in Suffolk with her family.
Details ISBN 075099486X ISBN-13 9780750994866 Title Remarkable Journeys of the Second World War Author Victoria Panton Bacon Format Paperback Year 2020 Pages 256 Publisher The History Press Ltd GE_Item_ID:129666799; About Us
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