Home Fires: The Story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War

by Julie Summers

Book Overview

The basis for the PBS Masterpiece series starring Samantha Bond ( Downton Abbey ) and Francesca Annis ( Cranford ) Away from the frontlines of World War II, in towns and villages across Great Britain, ordinary women were playing a vital role in their country's war effort. As members of the Women's Institute, an organization with a presence in a third of Britain's villages, they ran canteens and knitted garments for troops, collected tons of rosehips...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014310845X
• ISBN13: 9780143108450
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"