{"product_id":"our-uninvited-guests-by-julie-summers","title":"Our Uninvited Guests by Julie Summers","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"41\" data-end=\"114\"\u003eA fascinating look inside Britain’s country houses during World War II\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"506\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood Condition Ex-library\u003c\/strong\u003e – some wear, creasing, and small tears to the dust jacket, with light age toning to page edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"506\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Julie Summers has an amazing instinct for unearthing good stories and telling quotes.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCraig Brown,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Mail On Sunday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is an enjoyable book, peppered with examples of under-reported wartime heroism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e' Robert Leigh-Pemberton,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It’s hard to believe that there are still untold stories about Britain and World War II, but Julie Summers has unearthed a fascinating one that she tells with great verve and style. All in all, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUninvited Guests\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a sheer delight.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLynne Olson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCitizens of London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLast Hope Island\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA remarkable narrative set against the dark days of World War Two, from one of the country’s foremost social historians.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOur Uninvited Guests\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e perfectly captures the spirit of upheaval at the beginning of the Second World War when thousands of houses were requisitioned by the government to provide accommodation for the armed forces, secret services and government offices as well as vulnerable children, the sick and the elderly, all of whom needed to be housed safely beyond the reach of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHitler’s Luftwaffe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJulie Summers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gives the reader a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life in some of Britain’s greatest country houses that were occupied by people who would otherwise never have set foot in such opulent surroundings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBlenheim Palace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was colonised by schoolboys who slept in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLong Library;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Polish special agents trained in the grounds of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAudley End House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, learning to forge and lie their way into occupied Europe in the old nursery. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBrocket Hall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, former home of Queen Victoria’s favourite Lord Melbourne, was used as a maternity home for women from the East End of London, and the Rothschilds’ magnificent French chateau-inspired \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWaddesdon Manor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e housed a hundred children under five. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Northern Highlands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where the fierce warriors of Scotland’s past developed their unconventional military skills, played host to the most extreme form of warfare, training agents in the fine arts of sabotage, subterfuge and assassination.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe juxtaposition of splendour and opulence with the everyday activities of people whose needs were at odds with their new surroundings is at the heart of this book. This thought-provoking and evocative narrative captures a crucial period in the social history of Britain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Value Junction ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989388935380,"sku":"TVJ-023041","price":11.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/3059\/2980\/files\/TVJ-023041-1.jpeg?v=1779857039","url":"https:\/\/thevaluejunction.co.nz\/products\/our-uninvited-guests-by-julie-summers","provider":"The Value Junction ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}