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Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour (US PB) by Lynne Olson
Category: Military
The acclaimed author of "Troublesome Young Men" reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, Averell Harriman, and John Gilbert Winant.
Citizens of London: the Americans who stood with Britain in its darkest,finest hour by Lynne Olson
Category: History
This enthralling study is the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain. It brings out of history's shadows the three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, the handsome, chain-smoking news reporter; Averell Harriman, the hard-driving millionair ...Show more
Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples From Destruction [Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt] by Lynne Olson
Category: History
The fascinating story of the feisty French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam. In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time- fifty countries contributed nearly a billion dollars to sa ...Show more
For Your Freedom and Ours by Lynne Olson
Category: Military
The extraordinary story, heroic, inspiring and tragic, of the Polish pilots who fought for the RAF in the Battle of Britain. A remarkable and moving example of popular history at its best. The Polish pilots fought through the defeat of their own country in 1939 and then alongside the French until th ...Show more
Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War by Lynne Olson
Category: Military
As Hitler's Blitzkrieg vanquished one European country after another in the chaos-filled spring of 1940, and the United States and the Soviet Union were still on the sidelines, London suddenly found itself the de facto capital of Europe, a haven for Europe's struggling governments in exile- Holland, Cze ...Show more
Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler by Lynne Olson
Category: History
In 1941, a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, became the leader of a vast Resistance organisation - the only woman to hold such a role. Brave, independent, and a lifelong rebel against her country's conservative, patriarchal society, ...Show more
Madame Fourcade's Secret War - The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler by Lynne Olson
Category: History
The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author of Citizens of London and Last Hope Island In 1941 a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known f ...Show more
Those Angry Days - Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight over World War II, 1939-1941 by Lynne Olson
Category: Non-Fiction
"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the acclaimed author of Citizens of Londoncomes the definitive account of the debate over American intervention in World War II a bitter, sometimes violent clash of personalities and ideas that divided the nation and ultimately determined the fate of the free world. t the ...Show more
Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England by Lynne Olson
Category: History
A riveting history of the daring politicians who challenged the disastrous policies of the British government on the eve of World War II On May 7, 1940, the House of Commons began perhaps the most crucial debate in British parliamentary history. On its outcome hung the future of Prime Minister Neville C ...Show more
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