In 1942, an Allied victory was far from certain. Britain was barely holding its own after a battering in the Blitz and America was only just agreeing to enter the war. Using recently declassified files, diaries, interviews and more, Sarah Rose tells the stories of a handful of unlikely spies who paved the way for the Allied invasion.
Royal Weddings, Clocks, and Trains – in London
London can be frightfully overwhelming. It is far more spread out than I had imagined. Which meant there was little wandering from one place to another — which I like to do. Luckily the Tube is extremely well run, clean and easy to use. It made getting around bearable. I still wish I could have…