Their promised land [large print] : my grandparents in love and war

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Title:

Author:

Buruma, Ian, author.

Series:

Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs

Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs.

Publication Date:

2016

Publication Information:

Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2016]

Physical Description:

391 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.

ISBN:

9781410488602

Abstract:

A family history of surpassing beauty and power: Ian Buruma's account of his grandparents' enduring love through the terror and separation of two world wars. Woven from their correspondence, this labor of love brings to life not just a remarkable marriage, but a class, and an age.

General Note:

"The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged"--Title page verso.

Personal Subject:

Schlesinger, Bernard, 1896-1984-Correspondence.

Schlesinger, Winifred, 1897-1986-Correspondence.

Buruma, Ian.

Subject Term:

Jews -- England -- London -- Biography.

Jews, German -- England -- London -- Biography.

Jews, German -- Cultural assimilation -- England -- London.

Spouses -- England -- London -- Biography.

World War, 1914-1918 -- Biography.