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1939: The Last Season (Paperback)
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1939: The Last Season (Paperback)
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List price R343
Loot Price R280
Discovery Miles 2 800
You Save R63 (18%)
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A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of
1939 - the last before the Second World War. The Season of 1939
brought all those 'in Society' to London. The young debutante
daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and Queen
to mark their acceptance into the new adult world of their parents.
They sparkled their way through a succession of balls and parties
and sporting events. The Season brought together influential people
not only from Society but also from Government at the various
events of the social calendar. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
chaperoned his debutante niece to weekend house parties; Lord
Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, lunched with the Headmaster of
Eton; Cabinet Ministers encountered foreign Ambassadors at balls in
the houses of the great hostesses. As the hot summer drew on, the
newspapers filled with ever more ominous reports of the relentless
progress towards war. There was nothing to do but wait - and dance.
The last season of peace was nearly over.
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