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Some fascinating insights into the roles of women during wartime, the women of the Upper Classes before during and after the Second World War and into class boundaries. Sadly though, the narratives were let down by glaring contradictions between chapters, which seemed to suggest that the author had an agenda or possibly some unshakable biases. What was stated as a universal fact in one chapter, was undermined in later chapters when individual statements from interviewees contradicted those same facts. This was especially noticeable with regard to sexual attitudes, eg 'all debs were virgins' vs 'some girls were known to be having sex'. It's shaken some of my theories, but mostly along the lines of making me more determined to read my other reference books on similar topics sooner rather than later.

2023-06-05 14:56