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13 August 2022

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13 August 2022

9:00 AM

Uncommon Courage: The Yachtsmen Volunteers of World War II Julia Jones

Adlard Coles, pp.320, 20

‘I found this story by accident,’ begins Julia Jones’s Uncommon Courage, referring to documents belonging to her late father that she discovered in a far corner of her attic. True, but also false. This is not one story: it is a tsunami of stories. Sometimes it’s hard going, as you try to shelve the curiosity aroused by each tale.

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