A clear premonition : letters of Lt. Tim Lloyd to his mother, Italy and North Africa, 1943-44 / Tim Lloyd ; edited and with commentary by Raleigh Trevelyan in collaboration with Sampson Lloyd

Lloyd, Tim

Published by London : Leo Cooper, 1995

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages; Physical description: 96p, [16]p. Of plates : ill. , map ; 23cm. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Italy. World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Africa, North. Summary: This is a collection of letters, discovered in the early 1990s, written home by Lt Timmy Lloyd during his brief service in Tuscany in 1943/44, before he was killed. The book also has a commentary by a friend, the historian Raleigh Trevelyan, who served with him. The two friends tell their story of the war in Italy from shared, but tragically different, points of view. In evocations of the beauty of rural Tuscany and its people, a world apart from the horror of the trenches which he also portrays, Lloyd's letters reflect his faith, idealism and optimism 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A clear premonition : letters of Lt. Tim Lloyd to his mother, Italy and North Africa, 1943-44 / Tim Lloyd ; edited and with commentary by Raleigh Trevelyan in collaboration with Sampson Lloyd
• Publisher: London : Leo Cooper
• Publication Date: 1995
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram