1939. The Last Season

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Phoenix
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: Reprint

Description: 255 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The Season of 1939 brought all those in Society to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and Queen to mark their acceptance into the new adult world of their parents. They sparkled their way through a succession of balls and parties and sporting events. The Season brought together influential people not only from Society but also from Government at the various events of the social calendar. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain chaperoned his debutante niece to weekend house parties; Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, lunched with the Headmaster of Eton; Cabinet Ministers encountered foreign Ambassadors at balls in the houses of the great hostesses. As the hot summer drew on, the newspapers filled with ever more ominous reports of the relentless progress towards war. There was nothing to do but wait - and dance. The last season of peace was nearly over.

ISBN: 9780753816721