![Cover image for Love in the blitz : [online electronic book] the long-lost letters of a brilliany young woman to her beloved on the front.](https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?type=xw12&client=provincialp&upc=&oclc=&isbn=9780062888822&issn=/LC.JPG "Cover image for Love in the blitz : [online electronic book] the long-lost letters of a brilliany young woman to her beloved on the front.")
TITLE:
Love in the blitz : [online electronic book] the long-lost letters of a brilliany young woman to her beloved on the front.
Publication Date:
2020
Geographic Term:
Summary:
aOn July 17th 1939, Eileen Alexander, a bright young woman recently graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, begins a brilliant correspondence with fellow Cambridge student Gershon Ellenbogen that lasts five years and spans many hundreds of letters. But as Eileen and Gershon's relationship flourishes from friendship and admiration into passion and love, the tensions between Germany, Russia, and the rest of Europe reach a crescendo. When war is declared, Gershon heads for Cairo and Eileen forgoes her studies to work in the Air Ministry.As cinematic as -- is a timeless romance and a deeply personal story of life and resilience amid the violence and terror of war.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780062888822
