| Phys Descr |
305 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
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BPL: Braidy Fund. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Summary |
"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 grandparents, and the film director John Schlesinger's parents, were, like so many others, thoroughly sundered from each other. Their only recourse was to write letters back and forth. And write they did, often every day."-- Provided by publisher |
| 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 |
| Subject |
Schlesinger, Bernard, 1896-1984 -- Correspondence
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Schlesinger, Winifred, 1897-1986 -- Correspondence
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Jews -- England -- London -- Biography
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Jews, German -- England -- London -- Biography
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Jews, German -- Cultural assimilation -- England -- London
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Spouses -- England -- London -- Biography
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Biography
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography
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Love-letters -- England -- London
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Buruma, Ian
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| Other Form |
Online version: Buruma, Ian. Their promised land New York : Penguin Press, 2016 9780698410183 (DLC) 2015045219 |
| OCLC # |
908176080 |
| ISBN # |
9781594204388 |
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1594204381 |
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