1939, the Last Season of Peace

by Angela Lambert

Book Overview

It was called the London Season, and for three centuries it had been a time of fashionable suppers and brilliant balls that introduced England's most aristocratic and eligible girls to society. Though... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555842437
• ISBN13: 9781555842437
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Enlightening and entertaining social history

This is one of my favorite books. Lambert uses first person interviews and historical research to craft a beautifully written portrait of the last gasp of the debutante system in Britain before WWII. The details make you feel like you were there and the biographies of the "girls" who took part are fascinating. A bit on the Kennedy girls too, who were in England with their father Ambassador Joe Kennedy, if you are interested. Photos are great, I just wish there were more of them since the author frequently talks about the scrapbooks she was given to look at during her research.