 John Bull's memoir of a small-town family blasted
suddenly into the front line of the Second World War
The watchful eyes of a small boy and his streetwise gang of Bomb Alley Kids record the emotions and relationships of working people who learn quickly that there is nowhere for civilians to hide….so they'd better just get on with it.
Too tribally stubborn to know when they are beaten, they meet loss, suffering and fear with stoical, often graveyard humour. They boast 'Britain can take it' and they do.…until the time comes for them to hit back.…and their ultimate victory.
John Bull leavens the stark horror of children killed and maimed by night bombing with the tragi-comic, often farcical, events of everyday survival. Former News of the World columnist and editor of Sunday Sport, he uses all the alluring skill of a Fleet Street journalist to tell the Blitz story as it has never been told before.
Find out more about the book on this website by clicking on one of the buttons on the left: read an extract, see some of the photographs (everything from mudlarks to bombsites), learn more about the author, find out when there's a book-signing or event in your area, and share your memories of the Blitz by posting a comment on our guest-book.
And, of course, you can buy the book, which is available at £8.99 plus postage and packing.
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