Private Papers of Eva, Marchioness of Reading CBE JP, Vol VI: Letters to Her Husband : Correspondence; Manuscript; Personal Collection 1917
- Author:
- Isaacs, Eva
- Published:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2014.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Additional Creators:
- Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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- Summary:
- Description: Letters written during the First World War, mainly from her homes in London and Hampshire, to her husband, principally during his Army service on the Western Front, providing a detailed daily record of her activities, thoughts, feelings and emotions during their separation and containing useful references to changing attitudes to the War and social issues, such as the roles and duties of men and women, family life, civilian conditions on the Home Front, particularly in high society, participation in a bazaar in the Royal Albert Hall, rationing, morale, and interesting descriptions of her work and relationship with colleagues.
- Other Subject(s):
- Poperinghe
- Ypres
- London
- Bethune
- Lens
- Paris
- Austria-Hungary
- Belgium
- England
- France
- Germany
- Great Britain
- Italy
- Russia
- Bonar Law, Andrew
- Edward, Prince of Wales
- George V, King
- Lloyd George, David
- romance
- family
- children
- morality
- health and sickness
- women at war
- war work
- combat
- faith and religion
- weather
- leave
- billets
- gifts
- trenches
- shipping
- submarine
- rations
- home front
- aircraft
- socialism
- post-war hopes
- Battle of Messines
- Note:
- AMDigital Reference: Documents.2317.
- Original Version:
- Reproduction of: Private Papers of Eva, Marchioness of Reading CBE JP, Vol VI: Letters to Her Husband 28 April - 20 July 1917.
- Location of Originals:
- Imperial War Museums
- Copyright Note:
- Imperial War Museums
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