| Description |
502 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published as Noble endeavours : the life of two countries, England and Germany, in many stories by Simon & Schuster UK, Ltd." -- Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1: From a Protestant alliance to the ending of an empire (1613-1919) -- Noble endeavours -- Exiles and travellers (1613-1782) -- Romantic exchanges (1790-1830) -- Count Smorltork's progress (1826-32) -- The age of virtue (1830-60) -- Elizabeth Fry, Florence Nightingale and Charles de Bunsen's German hospital (1840-52) -- Germanising England : The Albert effect (1840-61) -- Travels in a foreign land (1840-60) -- The eagle and the lion (1858-88) -- Lululaund and other adventures (1880-1910) -- The age of apprehension (1888-1901) -- The friendship under strain (1902-10) -- The rift widens (1906-14) -- Debacle (1913-14) -- Victims of circumstance : England in Germany (1914-18) -- Victims of circumstance : Germany in England (1914-18) -- Pay-back (1918-19) -- Part 2: From Versailles to the verge of war (1919-40) -- Love among the ruins (1919-23) -- Reconnecting (1924-30) -- Falling in love again : Tom Mitford (1909-45) -- Entering the abyss (1928-34) -- Nikolaus Pevsner : The odd one out (1929-33) -- The young ambassadors (1930-39) -- And then, there was romance (1930-39) -- Part 3: Moving beyond repair -- Exodus (1933-8) -- Noble endeavours (1933-40) -- Resisters and informers (1933-40) -- Fate and circumstance (1939-45) -- Only connect -- Afterword. |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Germany.
|
|
Germany -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
|
|
Great Britain -- History.
|
|
Germany -- History.
|
| Added Title |
Noble endeavours
|
|
England and Germany, bitter friends, beloved foes |
| ISBN |
9781442241749 (cloth) |
|
1442241748 (cloth) |
|
