{"product_id":"where-stands-a-winged-sentry","title":"Where Stands A Wingèd Sentry","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWhere Stands A Wingèd Sentry\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMargaret Kennedy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781912766383\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHandheld Classics\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKennedy was an acclaimed novelist and playwright best-known for \u003ci\u003eThe Constant Nymph\u003c\/i\u003e. In this autobiographical account, taken from her war diaries, she conveys the tension, frustration and bewilderment of the progression of the war, and the terror of knowing that the worst is to come, but not yet knowing what the worst will be.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnglish bravery, confusion, stubbornness and dark humor\u003c\/b\u003e provide the positive, more hopeful side of her experiences, in which she and her children move from Surrey to Cornwall, to sit out the war amidst a quietly efficient Home Guard and the most scandalous rumors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Most people knew in their hearts that the lid had been taken off hell, and that what had been done in Guernica would one day be done in London, Paris and Berlin.\" Margaret Kennedy's prophetic words, written about the pre-war mood in Europe, give the tone of this \u003cb\u003eriveting 1941 wartime memoir: it is Mrs Miniver with the gloves off.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere Stands A Wingèd Sentry, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ethe title comes from a 17th-century poem by Henry Vaughan, was only published in the USA in 1942, and was never published in the UK, until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully produced.\" - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShiny New Books \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kennedy's powers of observation and her sense of the absurd made me laugh out loud ... Kennedy writes brilliantly about the way that every day life somehow continues even in times of great stress and anxiety.' - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Reading Life \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Margaret Kennedy\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Handheld Classics","offers":[{"title":"Where Stands A Wingèd Sentry | Margaret Kennedy | Paperback | 9781912766383 | Used: Like New | Biography 1645303","offer_id":50708812103938,"sku":"1645303","price":49.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81XWw20LqPL.jpg?v=1791709812","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/where-stands-a-winged-sentry","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}