In Their Own Words 2

In Their Own Words 2
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9781844865246
ISBN-13 : 184486524X
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Book Synopsis In Their Own Words 2 by : The National Archives

Download or read book In Their Own Words 2 written by The National Archives and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters, postcards, notes and telegraphs from the great and the good, the notorious and the downright wicked, shine a spotlight on a range of historical events and movements providing an immediate link to the immediate and much more distant past. The book includes letters from: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lucien Freud, Barbara Hepworth, Nelson Mandela, Caitlin Thomas, Mary Whitehouse, Gandhi, George Washington among many others. Subjects covered include suffragette disturbances, obscene publications, relations between international leaders, child emigration including the Kindertransport. The book features 55 letters, each with a 600-word essay, and a 3000 word introduction. There are 150 images in the book: 55 of the letters themselves, and a further 95 supplementary images.


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