To War With Whitaker - Softcover

Hermione Ranfurly

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749319542 ISBN 13: 9780749319540

Publisher: Mandarin, 1996

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1998 Arrow Trade PB. When WW II breaks out, the Earl of Ranfurly goes to war, taking his valet, Whitaker. When he's taken prisoner, his young wife vows not to return home till their reunited. For six years, she kept her promise.

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Just married at the start of WWII, the Countess of Ranfurly had no intention of sending her husband off to war without her. Defying the War Office, she joined his valet, Whitaker, and became a valued staff secretary to various generals in the Middle East, bouncing between Cape Town and Cairo, courting danger, and meeting the likes of Churchill and Eisenhower. British actress Patricia Hodge reads these diaries with an intimacy and directness that preserve their immediacy and all the youthful countess's daring. Her vitality as a reader bridges the many facets of the countess's personality. Part of the time Hodge is the buoyant, energetic countess, exploring the mountains of Lebanon; the next day she is the efficient secretary to General Jumbo Wilson, organizing the drive to push Rommel out of North Africa. Ranfurly and Hodge combine to show another face of war. P.E.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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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

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