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Secret Letters
- Author
- John Willis
- Narrator
- Natalie Pela, Orlando Wells
- Publisher
- Octopus
- Publish Date
- 6 April 2023
- Run Time
- 7 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Secret Letters: A Battle of Britain Love Story, combining Geoffrey's letters, testimony from his wife and context from the author John Willis, is an incredibly rare personal account of some of the major turning points of WWII, including the Battle for France, Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain. It is also the poignant story of a family's love surviving the extraordinary circumstances of war.
Cover: Based on a photo by Paolo Camera/Flickr. Creative Commons, CC BY 2.0
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- Author
- John Willis
- Narrator
- Natalie Pela, Orlando Wells
- Duration
- 7 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 April 2023
- ISBN
- 9781800961371
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Octopus
- Genre
- General and world history, Military history, Published diaries, letters and journals
Synopsis
While Pilot Officer Geoffrey Myers was caught up in the Battle of Britain, his French wife and two half-Jewish children were trapped in increasingly dangerous circumstances in Nazi-occupied France. In intimate, frank, and powerful letters, Myers kept a record of his war, his deep love for his wife Margot and their children, and his heart-wrenching fear for their safety as they tried to escape.Secret Letters: A Battle of Britain Love Story, combining Geoffrey's letters, testimony from his wife and context from the author John Willis, is an incredibly rare personal account of some of the major turning points of WWII, including the Battle for France, Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain. It is also the poignant story of a family's love surviving the extraordinary circumstances of war.Cover: Based on a photo by Paolo Camera/Flickr. Creative Commons, CC BY 2.0
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