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We Learnt About Hitler at the Mickey Mouse Club
- Author
- Enid Elliott Linder
- Narrator
- Anna Cordell
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 4 June 2020
- Run Time
- 8 hours 37 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Memoirs
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Evoking the lost world of a childhood ‘below stairs', Linder's touching memoir describes how her life changed as Britain headed towards war.
After the family moved to a Marylebone tenement, her father sought work in London restaurants whilst battling personal demons. Meanwhile Linder's aunt was nanny to a high-ranking member of the British Union of Fascists as they grew in influence.
In a photorealistic and immensely charming narrative reminiscent of Patrick Hamilton, Linder evokes the sights and smells of prewar London - and of lonely Cornwall, to where she was unhappily evacuated - in a way that will appeal to fans of Call The Midwife or Downton Abbey. A unique personal account of a tumultuous time.
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Details
- Author
- Enid Elliott Linder
- Narrator
- Anna Cordell
- Duration
- 8 hours 37 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 June 2020
- ISBN
- 9781004007554
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Memoirs
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Enid Elliot Linder was the daughter of a butler and a lady's maid in service in some of England's grandest country houses. Evoking the lost world of a childhood ‘below stairs', Linder's touching memoir describes how her life changed as Britain headed towards war. After the family moved to a Marylebone tenement, her father sought work in London restaurants whilst battling personal demons. Meanwhile Linder's aunt was nanny to a high-ranking member of the British Union of Fascists as they grew in influence. In a photorealistic and immensely charming narrative reminiscent of Patrick Hamilton, Linder evokes the sights and smells of prewar London - and of lonely Cornwall, to where she was unhappily evacuated - in a way that will appeal to fans of Call The Midwife or Downton Abbey. A unique personal account of a tumultuous time.
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