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The West End Front: The Wartime Secrets of London's Grand Hotels (Hardback)
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Short Description for The West End FrontAn account of the extraordinary events that unfolded under the reinforced ceilings of London's grand hotels. Using the memories of witnesses, the contents of declassified government files, letters, memoirs and photographs, it reconstructs a lost world of scandal, intrigue and fortitude.
Full description- Publisher: Faber and Faber
- Published: 03 November 2011
- Format: Hardback 384 pages
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- Categories: British & Irish History | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 | Second World War
- ISBN 13: 9780571234776 ISBN 10: 0571234771
- Sales rank: 20,457
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Full description for The West End Front
The Ritz, the Savoy, the Dorchester and Claridge's - during the Second World War they teemed with spies, con-artists, deposed royals and the exiled governments of Europe. Meet the girl from MI5 who had the gravy browning licked from her legs by Dylan Thomas; the barman who was appointed the keeper of Churchill's private bottle of whisky; the East End Communist who marched with his comrades into the air-raid shelter of the Savoy; and, the throneless prince born in a suite at Claridge's declared Yugoslav territory for one night only. Matthew Sweet has interviewed them all for this account of the extraordinary events that unfolded under the reinforced ceilings of London's grand hotels. Using the memories of first-hand witnesses, the contents of newly declassified government files and a wealth of previously unpublished letters, memoirs and photographs, he has reconstructed a lost world of scandal, intrigue and fortitude.
