Their promised land : my grandparents in love and war

Their promised land : my grandparents in love and war /

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"A family history of surpassing beauty and power: Ian Buruma's account of his grandparents' enduring love through the terror and separation of two world wars. During the almost six years England was at war with Nazi Germany, Winifred and Bernard Schlesinger, Ian Buruma's grandpar...

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Main Author: Buruma, Ian (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2016]
Edition:Large print edition.
Series:Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs.
Subjects:
Schlesinger, Bernard, > 1896-1984 > Correspondence.
Schlesinger, Winifred, > 1897-1986 > Correspondence.
Buruma, Ian.
Jews > England > London > Biography.
Jews, German > England > London > Biography.
Jews, German > Cultural assimilation > England > London.
Spouses > England > London > Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Biography.
Love-letters > England > London.
Large print books.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Don't like the name
  • First love
  • Going to war
  • The long wait
  • Safe haven
  • The beginning
  • The end of the beginning
  • Empire
  • The beginning of the end
  • The end
  • Epitaph.

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