Bibliograph

Telling tales, the fabulous lives of Anita Leslie, Penny Perrick

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Telling tales, the fabulous lives of Anita Leslie, Penny Perrick

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Telling tales

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1081311180

Responsibility statement

Penny Perrick

Sub title

the fabulous lives of Anita Leslie

Summary

Anita Leslie (1914-85), best known for popular biographies of her relatives including Jennie Churchill, Winston's mother, was also an unlikely war heroine. In 1940, Anita volunteered as an ambulance driver. By the end of the war, she was the only woman to have been awarded both the Africa Star and the Croix de Guerre, alongside the other medals for her service across all four fronts of WWII, as recounted in her remarkable memoir Train to Nowhere. In this revealing biography, Penny Perrick brings Anita to life- her complicated early years, her love for her children, her passion for Ireland, her career as a writer, and the ongoing family drama about Castle Leslie. Telling Tales is a scintillating and poignant account of this flamboyant woman

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Fabulous lives of Anita Leslie

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