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8vo, 353 pp. Hardcover, d/ protected by clear archival covering; excellent condition. In sorting through her elderly mother’s belongings the author discovered that the woman whom she believed to have lived a privileged life had had a very different life during the war. Anne Segrave’s wartime diaries show she had put the world of finishing school and hunt balls behind her to embark on a journey that took her to Bletchley Park, Bomber Command and eventually to a newly liberated Germany.