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8. BP to HH, 15 May 1936.
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CHAPTER XVIII
1. John Middleton Murry, quoted in Karen Usborne, Elizabeth: The Author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden (1986), p. 231.
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2. BP to RL, 10 May 1936.
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3. BP to RL, 11 July 1936.
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4. BP to RL, 11 July 1936.
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5. Diary, 12 July 1936.
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6. Paulina Kewes, ‘Langbaine, Gerard (1656–1692), dramatic cataloguer and writer’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004), https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/16007.
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7. Diary, 14 July 1936.
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8. Diary, 7 June 1936.
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9. Diary, 8 June 1936.
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10. Holt, ALTA, p. 65.
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11. Diary, 16 July 1936.
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CHAPTER XIX
1. Diary, 15 July 1936.
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2. BP to HH, 20 August 1936.
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3. Diary, 7 September 1936.
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4. Elizabeth von Arnim, The Enchanted April (1922; repr. 2015), p. 1.
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5. Chapter 13 in Civil to Strangers, the revised version of ‘Adam and Cassandra’, published posthumously (1987), p. 89.
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6. BP to HH, 20 August 1936.
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7. ‘Adam and Cassandra’ (MS. Pym 5), fols. 339–40.
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8. Finding a Voice, BBC Radio 3, 4 April 1978.
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CHAPTER XX
1. RL to BP, 24 September 1936.
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2. HH to RL, 20 September 1936.
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3. RL to BP, 11 October 1936.
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4. BP to RL, 14 July 1937.
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5. RL to BP, 22 July 1937.
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6. BP to RL, 22 July 1937.
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CHAPTER XXI
1. Robert Liddell, Elizabeth and Ivy (1986), p. 19.
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2. Ivy Compton-Burnett, Manservant and Maidservant (1947; repr. 2001), p. 34.
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3. Henry Harvey, at PEN Club meeting in celebration of Barbara Pym (1985).
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4. Ivy Compton-Burnett, More Women Than Men (1933; repr. 1983), p. 26.
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5. Liddell, Elizabeth and Ivy, p. 24.
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6. ‘Gervase and Flora’ (MS. Pym 7), chapter 10.
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7. CS, p. 379.
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CHAPTER XXII
1. BP to RL, 22 July 1937.
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2. RL to BP, May 1937.
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3. Part of ‘Gervase and Flora’, including these passages, was published posthumously in CS, pp. 171–212.
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4. Part of ‘Gervase and Flora’, including these passages, was published posthumously in CS, pp. 171–212.
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5. CS, p. 184.
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6. ‘Gervase and Flora’, chapter 10.
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7. ‘Gervase and Flora’, chapter 13.
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8. ‘Gervase and Flora’, chapter 15.
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9. ‘Gervase and Flora’, chapter 19.
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10. RL to BP, 10 November 1936.
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11. RL to Hilary Pym, 6 December 1937.
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CHAPTER XXIII
1. Diary, 3 December 1937.
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2. Diary, 3 December 1937.
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3. Diary, 3 December 1937.
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4. Julian Amery in conversation with Naim Attallah, More of A Certain Age (1993), pp. 3–4.
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5. David Faber, Speaking for England: Leo, Julian and John Amery – the Tragedy of a Political Family (2005; repr. 2007), p. 308.
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6. JA to BP, December 1937 (MS. Pym 147).
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7. Diary, 12 December 1937.
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CHAPTER XXIV
1. RL to BP, 11 December 1937.
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2. RL to BP, 11 December 1937.
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3. Diary, 12 January 1938.
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4. JA to BP, no date.
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5. Diary, 26 February 1938.
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CHAPTER XXV
1. Faber, Speaking for England, p. 311.
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2. Diary, 26 February 1938.
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3. Diary, 28 February 1938.
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4. Diary, 3 March 1938.
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5. Diary, 4 March 1938.
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6. Diary, 5 March 1938.
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7. Faber, Speaking for England, p. 131.
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8. Faber, Speaking for England, p. 293.
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9. Faber, Speaking for England, p. 193.
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10. Faber, Speaking for England, p. 293.
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11. Faber, Speaking for England, p. 300.
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12. Diary, 5 March 1938.
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13. Diary, 5 March 1938.
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14. Diary, 8 March 1938.
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15. Diary, 11 March 1938.
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CHAPTER XXVI
1. JA to BP 19(?) March 1938 (MS. Pym 147).
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2. JA to BP 19(?) March 1938.
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3. Diary, 29 March 1938.
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4. Diary, undated entry made in Oswestry, 1938.
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5. ‘Reflections by Barbara Pym concerning herself and Julian Amery’ (MS. Pym 146).
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6. Finding a Voice (MS. Pym 96).
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7. ‘Slough’, in John Betjeman, Continual Dew (1937).
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8. Stevie Smith, Novel on Yellow Paper (1936; repr. 1994), p. 123.
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9. Diary, undated entry made in Oswestry, early 1938.
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10. Personal communication to Hazel Holt, ALTA, p. 89.
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11. RL to BP, summer 1937.
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12. BP to RL, 12 April 1938.
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13. BP to RL, HH and EH, 5 April 1938.
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14. BP to RL, HH and EH, 5 April 1938.
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15. Smith, Novel on Yellow Paper, pp. 103–4.
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16. BP to RL, HH and EH, early 1938.
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17. Diary, April 1938, no specific date.
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CHAPTER XXVII
1. BP to RL, no date, from Oswestry, early 1938.
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2. ‘Gervase and Flora’ draft, chapter 14.
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3. https://en.stsg.de/cms/names-jewish-victims-dresden-1933-1945.
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4. Diary (MS. Pym 104), 10 May 1938.
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5. Diary, 23 May 1938.
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6. BP to RL, 23 May 1938.
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7. BP to RL, 23 May 1938.
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8. Diary, 26 May 1938.
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9. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnenstein_Euthanasia_Centre.
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CHAPTER XXVIII
1. Diary, 27 May 1938.
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2. Diary, 30 May 1938.
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3. Diary, 1 June 1938.
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4. JA to BP, 1 June 1938.
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5. Diary, 25 August 1938.
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6. Diary, 20 July 1938.
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7. Diary, 29 August 1938.
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8. Diary, 4 September 1938.
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9. Diary, 10 September 1938.
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CHAPTER XXIV
1. Diary, 30 September 1938.
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2. Diary, 30 September 1938.
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3. https://www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org/disaster-of-the-first-magnitude.html.
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4. BP to EH, 31 October 1938.
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CHAPTER XXX
1. ‘Gervase and Flora’ draft, chapter 19.
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2. Diary, undated Oswestry entry, early 1938.
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3. Unpublished draft novel provisionally titled ‘The Lumber Room’ or ‘Beatrice Wyatt’ (MS. Pym 6/1–3).
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4. ‘The Lumber Room’ manuscript draft.
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5. ‘The Lumber Room’ manuscript draft.
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6. ‘The Lumber Room’ manuscript draft.
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7. ‘The Lumber Room’ manuscript draft.
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8. BP to EH, 31 October 1938.
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9. Hazel Holt has misdated Crampton Hodnet. She says it was begun in November 1939 and completed two months later in January 1940. But in a letter to Robert Liddell dated 1 January 1940, Pym says that her North Oxford novel was ready to be sent to Cape and that she had been working on it for much of the previous year.
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10. BP to EH, 31 October 1938.
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CHAPTER XXXI
1. CH, p. 56.
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2. CH, p. 43.
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3. CH, p. 73.
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4. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (1818), chapter 24.
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5. CH, p. 4.
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6. CH, p. 7.
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7. CH, pp. 102–3.
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8. CH, p. 114.
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9. CH, p. 241.
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10. CH, p. 39.
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11. Diary (MS. Pym 105), 11 May 1939.
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CHAPTER XXXII
1. CH, pp. 46–7.
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2. CH, pp. 47–8.
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3. CH, p. 48.
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4. CH, p. 145.
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5. CH, p. 35.
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6. CH, pp. 117–18.
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7. ‘Reflections by Barbara Pym concerning herself and Julian Amery’ (MS. Pym 146), Friday–Sunday 19–21 April 1940.
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8. CH, p. 120.
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9. BP to EH, 21 February 1939.
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10. BP to EH, 21 February 1939.
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11. BP to EH, 11 May 1939.
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12. BP to EH, 11 May 1939.
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13. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 12 May 1949.
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14. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 12 May 1949.
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15. CH, p. 217.
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16. JA to BP, 2 June 1939.
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17. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, undated.
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18. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, undated.
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CHAPTER XXXIII
1. Diary, 11 July 1939.
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2. Diary, 1 September 1939.
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3. Diary, 3 September 1939.
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4. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, undated.
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BOOK THE THIRD: WAR
CHAPTER I
1. ‘Home Front Novel’ (MSS. Pym 8–9), p. 68; CS, p. 340.
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2. CS, p. 340.
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3. Home Front Novel, p. 68; CS, p. 233.
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4. Diary, 1 September 1939.
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5. Home Front Novel, p. 73.
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6. Home Front Novel, p. 74.
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7. Home Front Novel, pp. 76–7; CS, p. 222.
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8. Home Front Novel, pp. 76–7; CS, p. 222.
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9. Recruitment posters also urged women to join munitions factories: ‘Women of Britain: Come into the Factories’, ‘Fighting Fit in the Factories’; ‘On Her Their Lives Depend: Women Munition Workers: Enrol at Once’.
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CHAPTER II
1. Diary, 7 September 1939.
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2. Home Front Novel, pp. 78–9; CS, p. 236.
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3. Diary, 7–8 September 1939.
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4. Diary, 7–8 September 1939.
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5. Diary, 18 October 1939.
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6. CS, p. 230.
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7. Home Front Novel, Prologue.
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8. Home Front Novel, pp. 150–3; CS, pp. 256–7.
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9. CS, p. 257.
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CHAPTER III
1. Diary, 13 October 1939.
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2. ALTA, p. 95.
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3. Diary, 30 September 1939.
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4. Papers Concerning the Treatment of German Nationals in Germany, 1938–1939 (Foreign Office, Command Paper 6120, 1939), p. 3.
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CHAPTER IV
1. Home Front Novel, p. 8.
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2. ‘Thy Kingdom Come, O God’, a Victorian hymn by Lewis Hensley.
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3. Home Front Novel, p. 136.
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4. Home Front Novel, p. 136.
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CHAPTER V
1. Home Front Novel, p. 13.
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2. Home Front Novel, p. 13.
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3. Home Front Novel, p. 14.
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4. Home Front Novel, p. 49.
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5. Home Front Novel, p. 53.
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6. Home Front Novel, p. 57.
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CHAPTER VI
1. Faber, Speaking for England, p. 398.
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2. Home Front Novel, p. 16.
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3. Diary, 15 December 1939.
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4. Diary, 31 December 1939; BP to RL, 31 December 1939.
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CHAPTER VII
1. Diary (MS. Pym 106), 2 January 1940.
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2. BP to RL, 4 January 1940.
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3. BP to RL, 12 January 1940.
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4. Diary, 31 January 1940.
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5. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, March 1940, no specific date.
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6. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, March 1940, no specific date.
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7. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 3 April 1940.
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8. Diary, 7 April 1940.
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9. ‘Reflections concerning Julian Amery’, 7 April 1940.
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