Penguin Random House South Africa
Categories: History, International Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781847926210
Published: April 2023
Imprint: Bodley Head
Page Extent: 256
Format: Hardback
RRP 585.00
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*A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK and GUARDIAN BEST PAPERBACK OF APRIL 2024*
The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1 podcast Atomic Hobo
'So entertaining' The Times
'Cracking' Sunday Telegraph
The atomic bombs of 1945 changed war forever. The awesome power of the blast and its deadly fallout meant home in Britain fell under the nuclear shadow, and the threat of annihilation coloured every aspect of ordinary life for the next forty years.
Families were encouraged to construct makeshift shelters with cardboard and sandbags. Vicars and pub landlords learnt how to sound hand-wound sirens, offering four minutes to scramble to...
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