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The Blitz
Revealing, original and beautifully written, THE BLITZ is a much- needed exploration of one of the most important moments in Second World War history.
Wartime
Juliet Gardiner's critically acclaimed book - the first in a generation to tell the people's story of the Second World War - offers a compelling and comprehensive account of the pervasiveness of war on the Home Front. The book has been commended for its inclusion of many under-described aspects of the Home Front, and alongside familiar stories of food shortages, evacuation and the arrival of the GIs, are stories of Conscientious Objectors, persecuted Italians living in Britain and Lumber Jills working in the New Forest. Drawing on a multitude of sources, many previously unpublished, she tells the story of those six gruelling years in voices from the Orkney Islands to Cornwall, from the Houses of Parliament to the Nottinghamshire mines.
The Thirties
J.B. Priestley famously described the 'three Englands' he saw in the 1930s; old England, 19th-century England and the new, post-war England. In this book Juliet Gardiner provides a fresh perspective on that restless, uncertain, ambitious decade, bringing the complex experience of 1930s Britain alive.
War on the Home Front
Endorsed by the Imperial War Museum, this book provides the answers to many questions relating to the Britain at war experience, by using facsimiles of actual documents and memorabilia from the time: photos, paintings, propaganda, regulations, and witness accounts.
The New Woman
Drawing on novels and pamphlets, plays, songs, newspaper and magazine articles, diaries, letters and books, this is a collection of fiction and non-fiction writing by women in the period from 1880 to the end of the First World War. ('Fin de siècle').
The History Today Who's who in British History
This is a comprehensive survey of the people that shaped British history, from Julius Caesar to 2000. It includes more than 4000 biographical entries that cover politics, the monarchy, the military, science and industry.
Joining the Dots
From Britain's leading social historian, a lyrical look at the changes to women's lives since 1940, told with examples from her own life. The book provides an intimate, brilliant account of feminism over the last 6 decades. "A young woman wearing a navy-blue duffle coat stood shivering in the vaulted Victorian booking hall of Temple Meads station in Bristol looking uncertainly around her. It was 1st January 1960 and the woman was me. I was sixteen years old, and I had run away from home." Over the next ten years, the world changed around young Juliet Gardiner - as it did for most women in Britain. It was the start of a decade that was to be momentous for Britain's history - politically, econ...
The Edwardian Country House
The Edwardian Country House gives an insight into the romance and reality of Edwardian society and evokes the golden years before World War I. In this illustrated book, Juliet gardiner explores the key events in the social calendar of a wealthy Edwardian family - a fancy dress ball, a society dinner party, a village fete, a musical evening, a shooting party - from not only the points of view of the family, but also from that of the servants. Detailed descriptions of the day-to-day activities involved in running a country house are told through diary extracts, letters, advice manuals and recipes, while special craft features enable readers to create a range of authentic Edwardian delights for themselves.
Wartime
Half the British Army never left Britain during the Second World War and became, with the civilian population, the Home Front. In 'Wartime' the danger, courage, deprivation, fear, exhaustion, and humour that the population endured for six years is vividly brought to life through the voices of those who lived through them.
The 1940s House
Fifty-five years after the end of the Second World War, the Hymers family moved into a 1940s house in Kent under the skies where the Battle of Britain was fought. The family experienced many different aspects of life on the home front. Juliet Gardiner draws on the letters and diaries of many home front veterans as well as the experiences of the Hymer family to create a unique insight into life in Britain during the Second World War.
