Love in the blitz : the long-lost letters of a brilliant young woman to her beloved on the front / Eileen Alexander ; edited by David McGowan and David Crane.

On July 17th 1939, Eileen Alexander, a bright young woman recently graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, begins a brilliant correspondence with fellow Cambridge student Gershon Ellenbogen that lasts five years and spans many hundreds of letters. But as Eileen and Gershon's relationship flourishe...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Correspondence. Selections
Main Author: Alexander, Eileen, 1917-1986 (Author)
Other Authors: McGowan, David (Novelist) (Editor)
Crane, David (David R.) (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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Physical Description:xx, 474 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Foreword / by Oswyn Murray -- Historical introduction / by David Crane -- Drumnadrochit, summer 1939. September 1939-April 1940 -- 'No time to sit on brood'. May-September 1940 -- My young fellow. September-December 1940 -- Blitz. January-March 1941 -- Intentions. March-September 1941 -- A rill civil servant. September-December 1941 -- Your intended. January-May 1942 -- Separation. May-December 1942 -- Limbo. January 1943-March 1944 -- The long wait. April 1944- March 1946 -- Twin compasses -- Postscript. 
520 |a On July 17th 1939, Eileen Alexander, a bright young woman recently graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, begins a brilliant correspondence with fellow Cambridge student Gershon Ellenbogen that lasts five years and spans many hundreds of letters. But as Eileen and Gershon's relationship flourishes from friendship and admiration into passion and love, the tensions between Germany, Russia, and the rest of Europe reach a crescendo. When war is declared, Gershon heads for Cairo and Eileen forgoes her studies to work in the Air Ministry. As cinematic as Atonement, written with the intimacy of the Neapolitan quartet, Love in the Blitz is an extraordinary glimpse of life in London during World War II and an illuminating portrait of an ordinary young woman trying to carve a place for herself in a time of uncertainty. As the Luftwaffe begins its bombardment of England, Eileen, like her fellow Britons, carries on while her loved ones are called up to fight, some never to return home. Written over the course of the conflict, Eileen's letters provide a vivid and personal glimpse of this historic era. Yet throughout the turmoil and bloodshed, one thing remains constant: her beloved Gershon, who remains a source of strength and support, even after he, too, joins the fighting. Though his letters have been lost to time, the bolstering force of his love for Eileen is illuminated in her responses to him. Equal parts heartrending and heartwarming, Love in the Blitz is a timeless romance and a deeply personal story of life and resilience amid the violence and terror of war. 
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