Love in the blitz : The long-lost letters of a brilliant young woman to her beloved on the front /

On July 17th 1939, Eileen Alexander, a bright young woman recently graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, begins a brilliant correspondence with fellow Cambridge student Gershon Ellenbogen that lasts five years and spans many hundreds of letters. But as Eileen and Gershon&'s relationship...

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Main Author: Alexander, Eileen, 1917-1986
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2020
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