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Citizens of London: the Americans who stood with Britain in its darkest,finest hour by Lynne Olson
35.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
This enthralling study is the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain. It brings out of history's shadows the three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, the handsome, chain-smoking news reporter; Averell Harriman, the hard-driving millionair ...Show more
Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples From Destruction [Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt] by Lynne Olson
45.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
The fascinating story of the feisty French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam. In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time- fifty countries contributed nearly a billion dollars to sa ...Show more
For Your Freedom and Ours by Lynne Olson
69.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
According to Sir Archibald Sinclair, Britain's wartime air force minister, without the Polish pilots "our shortage of trained pilots would have made it impossible to defeat the German air force and so win the Battle". This volume focuses on a small group of five of them, from success to betrayal.
Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War by Lynne Olson
48.00 NZD
Category: Military
As Hitler's Blitzkrieg vanquished one European country after another in the chaos-filled spring of 1940, and the United States and the Soviet Union were still on the sidelines, London suddenly found itself the de facto capital of Europe, a haven for Europe's struggling governments in exile- Holland, Cze ...Show more
Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler by Lynne Olson
50.00 NZD
Category: History
In 1941, a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, became the leader of a vast Resistance organisation - the only woman to hold such a role. Brave, independent, and a lifelong rebel against her country's conservative, patriarchal society, ...Show more
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