by Hermione Ranfurly,Countess of Ranfurly
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by Charlotte Mosley
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by Trustees of the Mass Observation Archives
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by Trustees of the Mass Observation Archives
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by Antony Beevor
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When World War II broke out, Dan and Hermione Ranfurly had been married less than eight months. Defying the War Office, who had decreed Yeomanry wives could not accompany their husbands to war, the Countess set off in pursuit of her much-loved husband and their cook-butler, the Whitaker of the title, beginning an adventure that falls squarely in the 'truth is stranger than fiction' category. Her escapades throughout the Middle East and Africa, working as a secretary for diplomats, generals and secret organizations and dodging the authorities who wanted to pack her off back to England, read like something out of a James Bond novel. An excellent read - entertaining, moving and quite riveting. (Kirkus UK)
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In September 1939, the young Lord and Lady Ranfurly's idyllic holiday in Scotland was brought to a premature end when war broke out. Dan Ranfurly, with his faithful valet Whitaker, were sent to North Africa. When her husband was taken prisoner, his wife bluffed her way to the Middle East and stayed there, against all the rules, until her husband escaped. Meanwhile she gained a foothold in officialdom and rose from one confidential position to the next, with her only ally the indomitable Whitaker. Countess Ranfurly's diaries of this time give a witty, charming and compulsive insight into the problems of a young woman at war.
When World War II broke out, Dan and Hermione Ranfurly had been married less than eight months. Defying the War Office, who had decreed Yeomanry wives could not accompany their husbands to war, the Countess set off in pursuit of her much-loved husband and their cook-butler, the Whitaker of the title, beginning an adventure that falls squarely in the 'truth is stranger than fiction' category. Her escapades throughout the Middle East and Africa, working as a secretary for diplomats, generals and secret organizations and dodging the authorities who wanted to pack her off back to England, read like something out of a James Bond novel. An excellent read - entertaining, moving and quite riveting. (Kirkus UK)
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In September 1939, the young Lord and Lady Ranfurly's idyllic holiday in Scotland was brought to a premature end when war broke out. Dan Ranfurly, with his faithful valet Whitaker, were sent to North Africa. When her husband was taken prisoner, his wife bluffed her way to the Middle East and stayed there, against all the rules, until her husband escaped. Meanwhile she gained a foothold in officialdom and rose from one confidential position to the next, with her only ally the indomitable Whitaker. Countess Ranfurly's diaries of this time give a witty, charming and compulsive insight into the problems of a young woman at war.
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