Their promised land : my grandparents in love and war / Ian Buruma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buruma, Ian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schlesinger, Bernard, 1896-1984--Correspondence.

Schlesinger, Bernard.

Schlesinger, Winifred, 1897-1986--Correspondence.

Schlesinger, Winifred.

Schlesinger, Winifred, 1897-1986.

Schlesinger, Bernard, 1896-1984.

Jews--England--London--Biography.

Jews.

Love-letters.

Spouses.

Jews, German--Cultural assimilation.

Jews, German.

England--London.

Jews, German--England--London--Biography.

Jews, German--Cultural assimilation--England--London.

Spouses--England--London--Biography.

World War, 1914-1918--Biography.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1939-1945--Biography.

World War, 1939-1945.

Love-letters--England--London.

Buruma, Ian.

Genre:

Biographies.

Personal correspondence.

Correspondence.

Physical Description:

305 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Press, 2016.

Summary:

"A family history of surpassing beauty and power: Ian Buruma's account of his grandparents' enduring love through the terror and separation of two world wars. During the almost six years England was at war with Nazi Germany, Winifred and Bernard Schlesinger, Ian Buruma's grandparents, and the film director John Schlesinger's parents, were, like so many others, thoroughly sundered from each other. Their only recourse was to write letters back and forth. And write they did, often every day."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Don't Like the Name

First Love

Going to War

The Long Wait

Safe Haven

The Beginning

The End of the Beginning

Empire

The Beginning of the End

The End

Epitaph.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Buruma, Ian. Their promised land.

ISBN:

9781594204388

1594204381

OCLC:

908176080

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