The pity of war : England and Germany, bitter friends, beloved foes

431 Pages·2014·5.23 MB·English

by  Seymour

THE PITY OF WAR
ALSO BY MIRANDA SEYMOUR
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THE PITY OF WAR
England and Germany, Bitter Friends, Beloved Foes
MIRANDA SEYMOUR
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Copyright © 2014 by Miranda Seymour
Originally published as Noble Endeavours: The Life of Two Countries, England
and Germany, in Many Stories by Simon & Schuster UK, Ltd.
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Dedicated to
Felix Gottlieb and Eva Tucker
and
in memory of
Herbert Sulzbach
. . . Long is the way
And hard, that out of Hell, leads into light
MILTON, PARADISE LOST
CONTENTS
PART ONE
FROM A PROTESTANT ALLIANCE TO THE ENDING OF AN EMPIRE
(1613–1919)
1Noble Endeavours
2Exiles and Travellers (1613–1782)
3Romantic Exchanges (1790–1830)
4Count Smorltork’s Progress (1826–32)
5The Age of Virtue (1830–60)
6Elizabeth Fry, Florence Nightingale and Charles de Bunsen’s German
Hospital (1840–52)
7Germanising England: The Albert Effect (1840–61)
8Travels in a Foreign Land (1840–60)
9The Eagle and the Lion (1858–88)
10Lululaund and Other Adventures (1880–1910)
11The Age of Apprehension (1888–1901)
12The Friendship Under Strain (1902–10)
13The Rift Widens (1906–14)
14Debacle (1913–14)
15Victims of Circumstance: England in Germany (1914–18)
16Victims of Circumstance: Germany in England (1914–18)
17Pay-Back (1918–19)
PART TWO
FROM VERSAILLES TO THE VERGE OF WAR (1919–40)
18Love Among the Ruins (1919–23)
19Reconnecting (1924–30)
20Falling in Love Again: Tom Mitford (1909–45)
21Entering the Abyss (1928–34)
22Nikolaus Pevsner: The Odd One Out (1929–33)
23The Young Ambassadors (1930–39)
24And Then, There Was Romance (1930–39)
PART THREE
MOVING BEYOND REPAIR
25Exodus (1933–8)
26Noble Endeavours (1933–40)
27Resisters and Informers (1933–40)
28Fate and Circumstance (1939–45)
29Only Connect
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