The King's war : the friendship of George VI and Lionel Logue during World War II

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Label

The King's war : the friendship of George VI and Lionel Logue during World War II

Title remainder

the friendship of George VI and Lionel Logue during World War II

Statement of responsibility

Mark Logue and Peter Conradi

Title variation

Friendship of George VI and Lionel Logue during World War II

Creator

• Logue, Mark

Contributor

• Conradi, Peter, (Journalist)

Author

• Logue, Mark
• Conradi, Peter, (Journalist)

Subject

• George, VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
• George, VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
• George, VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 -- Friends and associates
• Great Britain
• Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952
• History
• Logue, Lionel, 1880-1953
• 1936-1952
• Logue, Lionel, 1880-1953 -- Friends and associates
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Biography
• Logue, Lionel, 1880-1953
• Biographies
• Friendship

Genre

• History
• Biography
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

The broadcast that George VI made to the British nation on the outbreak of war in September 1939--which formed the climax of the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech--was the product of years of hard work with Lionel Logue, his iconoclastic, Australian-born speech therapist. Yet the relationship between the two men did not end there. Far from it: in the years that followed, Logue was to play an even more important role at the monarch's side. The King's War follows that relationship through the dangerous days of Dunkirk and the drama of D-Day to eventual victory in 1945--and beyond. Like the first book, it is written by Peter Conradi, a London Sunday Times journalist, and Mark Logue (Lionel's grandson), and again draws on exclusive material from the Logue Archive--the collection of diaries, letters, and other documents left by Lionel and his feisty wife, Myrtle. This gripping narrative provides a fascinating portrait of two men and their respective families--the Windsors and the Logues--as they together face the greatest challenge in Britain's history

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

NjBwBT

Dewey number

• 941.084092/2
• B

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

DA584

LC item number

.L64 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography