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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 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.
Joining the Dots: A Woman In Her Time
‘An accomplished and intensely evocative memoir ... A journey of courage and determination ... Joining the Dots ... will become in time an integral part of our understanding of postwar Britain’ Daniel Kynaston, Books of the Year, Observer
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 Drawing on a multitude of sources, many previously unpublished, she tells the story of those six gruelling years in voices from the Orkney Islands to Cornwall, from the Houses of Parliament to the Nottinghamshire mines.
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 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.
The Thirties: An Intimate History of Britain
Acclaimed author of 'Wartime', Juliet Gardiner, brings to life the long neglected decade of the twentieth century – the 1930s.
IWM the Second World War on the Home Front
War on the Home Front takes you through the many facets of wartime Britain: from the Phoney War to the devastation of the Blitz; from the Home Guard and the Land Girls to the invasion of the Channel Islands; and from evacuation and rationing to code-breaking and the eventual victory celebrations. With 100 illustrations and 10 removable documents, it offers a unique perspective of the era.
Memories of Britain Past
The middle of the twentieth century– from the early 1930s, through theSecond World War, to the end of the1970s – was a period in which Britainchanged perhaps more definitivelyand dramatically than at any othertime in its long history. Historian andbroadcaster Juliet Gardiner has studiedthis period extensively and in Memoriesof Britain Past she looks back at thekey areas of everyday life – childhood,work, housing, entertainment andcelebrations – and with the help ofunique photographs from the GettyCollection, brings them to life again.With more than 300 illustrations, manypersonal recollections and an evocative,informative text, this book shows howlife really was in those days gone by.
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.
