title: The War on Our Doorstep: London's East End and How the Blitz Changed it Forever
author:  Harriet Salisbury 
description: <b>Harriet Salisbury</b> has been a writer and editor for20 years and has a special interest in the history of East London. <i>The War on Our Doorstep </i>is her first book. The Museum of London oral history collection contains more than 5,000 hours of recorded life story interviews with a wide variety of people who have lived and worked in London and who talk about their lives and everyday experiences.
zlib_text: THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE
  A SAGA OF CHURCHILL, FAMILY AND DEFIANCE DURING THE
  BLITZ
  Erik Larson
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
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