Maureen Waller read Medieval & Modern History at University College, London and took a Masters at Queen Mary College, London. She is the author of several books including London 1945 and Sovereign Ladies. She lives in London.
Magisterial ... a fine account in which sober analysis is combined with a mass of memorable and emotive information * Daily Mail * Convincing, humane and highly readable * Telegraph * Meticulously researched account imbues the second-world-war era with a matchless sense of immediacy * Sunday Times * An enjoyable read and meticulously researched * Guardian * A wonderfully vivid panorama of a thrilling time * Scotsman * An ambitious enterprise, and Waller brings it off admirably - a sort of Bayeux Tapestry * The Times * She writes with a great affection for London ... a compelling picture of the life of the ordinary Londoner * The Spectator *