- Paperback: 238 pages
- Publisher: Stamford Lake Publications (11 Nov 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 9556581766
- ISBN-13: 978-9556581768
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 948,970 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The story covers his release from a lunatic asylum to the panacea of the most peaceful German country estate where he wrote and polished his book "Joy in the morning", as well as making his ill advised, but wholly innocuous, broadcasts intended for his American friends and correspondents. The most dramatic and delightful story of his change of fortune as a civilian prisoner of war is told as witnessed through the eyes and ears of a young German aristocratic girl, Reinhild, and her mother, the beautiful widowed Baroness Anga Von Bodenhausen, on their estate in the Harz mountains, Degenershausen. The book demonstrates the unfair nature of the public reaction and accusations to Uncle Plummie's broadcast, and it is also an authoritative insight into his innocence, bringing with it a melange of history, survival and death, copied with so many of the other misfortunes of war. This work is uniquely illustrated with 50 pages of Wodehouses own dairy, letters and photographes from his time in Germany during Nazi rule.
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I read this book because I am a fan of P.G.Wodehouse, and was interested to read about what happened during the war years when he was in Germany, and to get the first-hand account from one of the family with whom he was staying.
As well as giving some insight into what P.G.Wodehouse was like, it is also an insight into the Second World War - how many hated Hitler at the time, but had to watch every word - and also the author's struggles at the end of the war, following the loss of her home and the lack of food in post-war Berlin.
As well as giving some insight into what P.G.Wodehouse was like, it is also an insight into the Second World War - how many hated Hitler at the time, but had to watch every word - and also the author's struggles at the end of the war, following the loss of her home and the lack of food in post-war Berlin.
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Reinhild von Bodenhausen was ten years old when PG Wodehouse came to stay in her family home during World War II. He arrived half-starved having been released from civilian internment in Germany on reaching his 60th Birthday. The man who loved children, dogs and the aristocratic way of life flourished in the company of Reinhild and her very beautiful mother. He was soon joined by his wife, and the uproar caused by his unwise radio broadcasts. Reinhild bears witness to the truth behind these. It is a story well told.
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