The King's War
The Friendship of George VI and Lionel Logue During World War II
New York : Pegasus Books, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Description: xv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The broadcast that George VI made to the British nation on the outbreak of war in September 1939which formed the climax of the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speechwas the product of years of hard work with Lionel Logue, his iconoclastic, Australian-born speech therapist. Yet the relationship between the two men did not end there. Far from it: in the years that followed, Logue was to play an even more important role at the monarch's side. The King's War follows that relationship through the dangerous days of Dunkirk and the drama of D-Day to eventual victory in 1945and beyond. Like the first book, it is written by Peter Conradi, a London Sunday Times journalist, and Mark Logue (Lionel's grandson), and again draws on exclusive material from the Logue Archivethe collection of diaries, letters, and other documents left by Lionel and his feisty wife, Myrtle. This gripping narrative provides a fascinating portrait of two men and their respective familiesthe Windsors and the Loguesas they together face the greatest challenge in Britain's history.
Subjects:
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 -- Friends and associates.
Logue, Lionel, 1880-1953.
Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952.
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 -- Friends and associates.
Logue, Lionel, 1880-1953.
Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952.
ISBN:
9781643131924
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Europe England Log | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-276) and index.