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The Century Girls: The Final Word from the Women Who've Lived the Past Hundred Years of British History

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'Tessa Dunlop...succeeds in weaving a rich tapestry of experiences.' Independent

‘A warm-hearted and engaging read, The Century Girls is replete with wonderful characters.’ Sunday Express

'A delightful book... all about women and women's lives.' Jane Garvey, Radio 4 Woman's Hour

'It’s a brilliant book… It’s fantastic!' Chris Evans, Radio 2 Breakfast Show

A celebration of the one-hundred years since British women got the vote, told, in their own voices, by six centenarians: Helena, Olive, Edna, Joyce, Ann and Phyllis – The Century Girls?

In 2018, Britain celebrated the centenary of some women getting the vote. The intervening ten decades have witnessed staggering change, and The Century Girls features six women born in 1918 or before who haven’t just witnessed that change, they’ve lived it. Empire shrank, war came and went, and modern society demanded continual readjustment.... the Century Girls lasted the course, and this book weaves together their lifetime’s adventures – what they were taught, how they were treated, who they loved, what they did and where they are now.

With stories that are intimately knitted into the history of the British Isles, this is a time-travel epic featuring our oldest, most precious national treasures. Edna, 102, was a domestic servant born in Lincolnshire. Helena is 101 years old and the eldest of eight born into a Welsh farming family. Olive, 102, began life as a child of empire in British Guiana and was one of the first women to migrate to London after the war. There’s Ann, a 103-year-London bohemian; 100-year-old Phyllis, daughter of the British Raj, who has called Edinburgh home for nearly eighty years; and finally ‘young’ Joyce – a 99-year-old Cambridge classicist who’s still at work.

It is through the prism of these women’s very long lives that The Century Girls provides a deeply personal account of British history over the past one hundred years. Their story is our story too.

Äänikirja

  • Julkaistu: 8.3.2018

  • Kieli: englanti

  • Kustantamo: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

  • ISBN: 9781471175435

E-kirja

  • Julkaistu: 22.8.2019

  • Kieli: englanti

  • Kustantamo: Simon & Schuster UK

  • ISBN: 9781471161339


Kirjailija:

  • Tessa Dunlop

Lukijaa:

  • Tessa Dunlop
  • Sandra Duncan
  • Anna Bentinck
  • Pamela Miles

Muoto:

  • Äänikirja
  • E-kirja

Kesto:

  • 11 h 7 min
  • 343 sivut

Kieli:

englanti

Kategoriat:

  • Historia
  • Yleinen historia

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