We Learnt About Hitler at the Mickey Mouse Club
We Learnt About Hitler at the Mickey Mouse Club Enid Elliot Linder was the daughter of a butler and a lady's maid in service in some of England's grandest country houses.Evoking the lost world of a…
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We Learnt About Hitler at the Mickey Mouse Club
Enid Elliot Linder was the daughter of a butler and a lady's maid in service in some of England's grandest country houses.Evoking the lost world of a childhood 'below stairs', Linder's touching memoir describes how her life changed as Britain headed towards war.After the family moved to a Marylebone tenement, her father sought work in London restaurants whilst battling personal demons. A unique personal account of a tumultuous Meanwhile Linder's aunt was nanny to a high-ranking member of the British Union of Fascists as they grew in influence.In a photorealistic and immensely charming narrative reminiscent of Patrick Hamilton, Linder evokes the sights and smells of prewar London - and of lonely Cornwall, to where she was unhappily evacuated - in a way that will appeal to fans of Call The Midwife or Downton Abbey.