The Road Ahead - Softcover

Bielenberg, Christabel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552994693 ISBN 13: 9780552994699

Verlag: Corgi, 1993

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RO60112753. THE ROAD AHEAD. 1993. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, 1er plat abîmé, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. 220 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc hors texte. Tranche salie.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

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Reseña del editor:

Following the extraordinary success of her wartime memoirs, The Past Is Myself, Christabel Bielenberg received thousands of letters from readers begging her to describe what happened next. The Road Ahead takes up the story at the moment the first volume left off - with the outbreak of peace.

Germany was devastated by war and its aftermath, while Britain seemed grey and exhausted to Christabel. She was soon appointed the Observer's special correspondent in Germany, and, reunited with her husband, Peter (technically an enemy alien), she joined the struggle for reconciliation with, and the rebuilding of, a defeated nation. It was Peter's near-fatal accident and her own illness which decided the young couple to turn their backs on England and Germany and make a new start farming in Ireland.

Life was harsh at first, but predictably Christabel found humour in the accidents of poverty and the many mishaps of country life. The beautiful scenery of the Wicklow Mountains provided a haven for the family and for the hosts of young people from all over the world who joined them each summer. Christabel became involved with the Peace Women of Northern Ireland and learned as much as she could about the adopted country she had grown to love so passionately. Taking her seventieth birthday as a stopping point for a life that even now, some fourteen further years on, is as rich and full as it ever was, she looks back with characteristic modesty and gratitude. Her readers will be enchanted by this second volume of memoirs, as clear-sighted and generous, as honest, funny, touching and brave as The Past Is Myself.

Biografía del autor:

Christabel Bielenberg, a niece of Lord Northcliffe, married a German lawyer in 1934. She lived through the war as a German citizen and wrote about her experiences in her memoir, The Past is Myself, and in its sequel, The Road Ahead. The Past is Myself was adapted for television by Dennis Potter under the title Christabel. In 1988, the Federal Republic of Germany awarded her the Commander's cross of the Order of Merit for her contribution to German-English understanding. She and her husband, Peter, have three sons and live in Ireland.

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• Verlag: Corgi
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0552994693
• ISBN 13: 9780552994699
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224