London 1945

“A compelling account of the final year of a valiant city’s stand against the Fuhrer. . . . History alive with real human faces” ( Booklist ). “Joins the ranks of each works as Philip Ziegler’s London at War and Robert Hewison’s Under Siege: Literary Life in London, 1939-1945. . . . [Waller’s] depiction of the daily fabric of wartime life in the capital is unrivaled. . . . An illuminating approach.” — The Atlantic Monthly London at the outset of World War II in 1939 was the greatest city in the