Shades of Greene: One Generation of an English Family by Jeremy Lewis (Hardcover, 2010)

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In the early years of the last century, two brothers, Charles and Edward Greene, settled in Berkhamsted, a small country town thirty miles from London. There they were to found a remarkable dynasty fathering twelve children between then each of whom were to lead varied, well-documented end extraordinary lives. This book explores for the first time this generation of the Greene family in colourful detail - their relationships and shared history, and their lives as explorers, writers, doctors, spies, politicians and much more. There is Graham, one of the greatest English writers of the twentieth century; Hugh, a celebrated war correspondent and Director-General of the BBC; Raymond, a brilliant mountaineer and medical man who took part in the 1933 Everest expedition; their sister Elisabeth, MI6 agent, enlisting family and friends into the secret service; cousin Ben, a pacifist who worked closely with Attlee and MacDonald; his sister, Barbara, who spent the war in Germany; and their younger brother Felix,

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PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780224079211
eBay Product ID (ePID)93279231

Product Key Features

Book TitleShades of Greene: One Generation of an English Family
Number of Pages592 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicLiterature, Government, History
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorJeremy Lewis
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height240 mm
Item Weight1031 g
Item Width162 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJeremy Lewis

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