Viewing Entry - In their own words (E15240) by The National Archives
Available Formats
Playing time for epub/audio formats : 7 hours 24 minutes
Overview
Title
In their own words : letters from history
Author / Responsible party
The National Archives
Collection
Nonfiction
Genre
History, Autobiography.
Topics
History, Autobiography. Letters. Great Britain -- Archival resources.
Restrictions
Yes
Intended Audience
Adult
Publisher
VisAbility Ltd.
Published
2020
Summary
Featuring: Jack the Ripper, Karl Marx, Nelson Mandela, Idi Amin and many more.
The way we communicate has changed. Today, many of our interactions are digital, but until recently writing letters was the norm. Drawing from over 100 miles of records held at the UK's official government archive, The National Archives at Kew, this collection of letters, postcards and telegraphs will shine a spotlight on a range of significant historical moments and occurrences, recapturing a lost world in which correspondence was king. The book includes letters from: Karl Marx, requesting UK citizenship, an anonymous writer purporting to be Jack the Ripper, Josef Kramer, the commandant of Bergen Belsen, from Winston Churchill to President Roosevelt requesting US support against Hitler, Clement Atlee to Harry S Truman following Hiroshima, the spies Burgess and Maclean, as well as the 'real Charlotte Gray' spy, Christine Granville, amongst others.
Additional Information
description
data
System control number
E15240
Original Print Publisher
London : Conway, 2016.
Narrator Name
Read by a full cast; Indira Varma, Daniel Mays, David Haig, Arthur Smith, Miriam Margolyes, Robert Bathurst.
Participant or performer note
Read by a full cast; Indira Varma, Daniel Mays, David Haig, Arthur Smith, Miriam Margolyes, Robert Bathurst.
