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Private Battles
Our Intimate Diaries: How The War Almost Defeated Us
2006
First Published
4.12
Average Rating
480
Number of Pages
Simon Garfield interweaves the diaries of four ordinary people as they struggle to cope with the reality of life during the Second World War. It’s the true story of how ordinary British people won the war. And of how they almost didn’t.
Avg Rating
4.12
Number of Ratings
100
5 STARS
39%
4 STARS
41%
3 STARS
16%
2 STARS
1%
1 STARS
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Author

Simon Garfield
Simon Garfield
Author · 21 books
Simon Garfield is a British journalist and non-fiction author. He was educated at the independent University College School in Hampstead, London, and the London School of Economics, where he was the Executive Editor of The Beaver. He also regularly writes for The Observer newspaper.
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