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1939: The Last Season

Af: Anne De Courcy Engelsk Paperback

1939: The Last Season

Af: Anne De Courcy Engelsk Paperback
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A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War.

The Season of 1939 brought all those ''in Society'' to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and Queen to mark their acceptance into the new adult world of their parents. They sparkled their way through a succession of balls and parties and sporting events.

The Season brought together influential people not only from Society but also from Government at the various events of the social calendar. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain chaperoned his debutante niece to weekend house parties; Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, lunched with the Headmaster of Eton; Cabinet Ministers encountered foreign Ambassadors at balls in the houses of the great hostesses. As the hot summer drew on, the newspapers filled with ever more ominous reports of the relentless progress towards war. There was nothing to do but wait - and dance. The last season of peace was nearly over.

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A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War.

The Season of 1939 brought all those ''in Society'' to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and Queen to mark their acceptance into the new adult world of their parents. They sparkled their way through a succession of balls and parties and sporting events.

The Season brought together influential people not only from Society but also from Government at the various events of the social calendar. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain chaperoned his debutante niece to weekend house parties; Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, lunched with the Headmaster of Eton; Cabinet Ministers encountered foreign Ambassadors at balls in the houses of the great hostesses. As the hot summer drew on, the newspapers filled with ever more ominous reports of the relentless progress towards war. There was nothing to do but wait - and dance. The last season of peace was nearly over.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 304
ISBN-13: 9781474625135
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1474625134
Udg. Dato: 23 jun 2022
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 128mm
Forlag: Orion Publishing Co
Oplagsdato: 23 jun 2022
Forfatter(e): Anne De Courcy
Forfatter(e) Anne De Courcy


Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie


ISBN-13 9781474625135


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 304


Udgave


Længde 25mm


Bredde 198mm


Højde 128mm


Udg. Dato 23 jun 2022


Oplagsdato 23 jun 2022


Forlag Orion Publishing Co

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