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An Underworld at War :Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War
An Underworld at War :Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War
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Published:
16 February, 2004
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780719563409 |
| ISBN10 | 0719563402 |
| Number Of Pages | 448 |
| Item Weight | 342 g |
| Product Dimensions | 127 x 28 x 196 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | John Murray Press |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | New edition |
Media Reviews
'In this astonishing book Donald Thomas shows, in utterly absorbing detail, just how common ! criminal behaviour was in Britain during the Second World War' -- Sunday Times 'Thomas has excelled himself. His book is mesmerising and is an unputdownable and brilliantly researched page-turner' -- Martin Booth, Sunday Times 'If you thought the home front in WWII was about good citizens being decent and upstanding, think again: it was a racketeer's paradise' -- Time Out 20030601 'Donald Thomas has chronicled one of the last untold stories of the war, and he does so with scholarship as well as humour.' -- Ian Thomson, Spectator 20030601 'Donald Thomas has written a quite enchanting book, magnificently researched, and cleverly and wittily presented. He has produced fresh and dazzling insights in British life of sixty years ago' -- Kevin Myers, Irish Tmes 20030601 'Funny and heartening...his eye for detail is inexhaustible' -- Blake Morrison, The Guardian 20030601 'He has produced not just a historical record of a vital and much under appreciated aspect of that great conflict, but a seminal cultural document' -- Simon Heffer, Literary Review 20030601
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Author's Bio
An Underworld at War follows Donald Thomas's widely-praised The Victorian Underworld, shortlisted for the Golden Dagger Award. He is the author of seven biographies including Cardigan of Balaclava and his best-selling life of Cochrane: Britannia's Sea Wolf. He is also a respected novelist and has won the Gregory Award for his poems Points of Contact. He was born in Somerset, educated at Queen's College, Taunton and Balliol College, Oxford. He holds a personal chair in the University of Wales, Cardiff.