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From Bedales to the Boche: The Ironies of an Edwardian Childhood - cover

From Bedales to the Boche: The Ironies of an Edwardian Childhood

Robert Best

Publisher: Envelope Books

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Summary

From Bedales to the Boche charts the history of two brothers, born into late Victorian England, who were sent by their idealistic, Germanophile father to Britain's most progressive secondary school, where the ideas of its pioneering headteacher and founder fostered their ambitions to become music-hall entertainers and then to master the challenges of the First World War.
Available since: 07/15/2024.
Print length: 427 pages.

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