The London diary of Anthony Heap, 1931-1945 /
Anthony Heap (1910-1985) kept a daily diary, recording his life in St Pancras, his work, loves and experiences from the age of 17 until shortly before his death. This volume provides selected extracts from the 1930s and the Second World War, an eventful period during which his father committed suici...
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| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, New York :
Boydell & Brewer,
[2017]
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| Series: | Publications (London Record Society) ;
v. 52. |
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| Summary: | Anthony Heap (1910-1985) kept a daily diary, recording his life in St Pancras, his work, loves and experiences from the age of 17 until shortly before his death. This volume provides selected extracts from the 1930s and the Second World War, an eventful period during which his father committed suicide, Heap joined Mosley's Fascists, and then stood for the local Conservatives in 1937. The author vividly recounts what it was like to live through the Blitz, sleeping in air raid shelters and viewing the nightly raids on London. The diary also recounts more personal details, his fondness for weekly drinking in pubs in Fitzrovia and Hampstead, a series of girlfriends before marrying in 1941 and his love of the theatre. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxiv, 629 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 090095258X 9780900952586 |