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To War with Whitaker Hermione Ranfurly, Countess of Ranfurly

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To War with Whitaker Hermione Ranfurly, Countess of Ranfurly

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Zusammenfassung

An inspired memoir, spanning over The Second World War, from a powerfully independent Countess who wouldnt take no for an answer

To War with Whitaker Zusammenfassung

To War with Whitaker Hermione Ranfurly, Countess of Ranfurly

Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, kept a diary for seventy five years, and To War with Whitaker guides us through the most adventurous, most defiant, and most valiant of those years.

Hermione and Dan Ranfurly married only months before the Second World War erupted. So when Dan was posted to the Middle East, taking only their faithful butler Whitaker with him, Hermione resolved to join them there. This memoir showcases astounding displays of commitment and independence; after vowing not to go home without her husband, Hermione travelled alone from Cape Town to Palestine for the six years he was imprisoned, meeting many notable characters along the way.

With wit and exuberance Hermiones diary entries take us To War with Whitaker and back again, providing sharp insight of the strong and outspoken woman she always was.

To War with Whitaker Bewertungen

An extraordinary story. No review can do justice to the writing -- Robert Rhodes-James * Sunday Express *
These absolutely spiffing diaries offer a madcap, aristocratic window behind the lines of war * Daily Mail *
Few diaries from any era could be as fascinating . . . This is truly compulsive reading * Woman and Home *

Über Hermione Ranfurly, Countess of Ranfurly

Born in 1913 Hermione Llewellyn lived in the comfort of her family estate until the age of 13 when her parents lost their fortune and separated. As an independent 24 year old, Hermione moved to Australia to become the personal assistant to the Governor of New South Wales. It was there that she met her husband to be, Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly.

On the outbreak of The Second World War, Daniel Ranfurly was posted to the Middle East and Lady Ranfurly broke all protocol by insisting on joining him there. During her six years travelling she held a variety of jobs and mixed with a myriad of important people: from Churchill, to the kings of Greece, Egypt and Yugoslavia, and writers such as Noel Coward and Evelyn Waugh.

After the war Lord Ranfurly was appointed Governor of the Bahamas. Not one to rest on her laurels, Lady Ranfurly set about providing local schools and libraries with the books they lacked. Upon returning to London she continued to send books all over the world, a service which evolved into the organisation Book Aid International, and has sent over 32 million books to libraries across the world.

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GOR009075153
9781447272779
1447272773
To War with Whitaker Hermione Ranfurly, Countess of Ranfurly
Hermione Ranfurly, Countess of Ranfurly
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Gebundene Ausgabe
Pan Macmillan
2014-05-22
380
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