The Light Heart (2013)
“F. G. King and the obliging staff. Again Miss May Davenport Seymour of the Museum of the City of New York took time and trouble, and Miss Mary McWilliams at Williamsburg continued to be helpful. I am also indebted to what looks like half the British Army, including Major C. B. Ormerod of the British Information Services, Brigadier-General H. S. Sewell, Major Noel George, and an anonymous Blue (Royal Horse Guards) who supplied most comprehensive answers to a list of questions forwarded through t...he kindness of Lt. General Sir Charles Lloyd. In London, Miss Daphne Heard and Mr. Derrick deMarney went to untold trouble to find for me the contemporary books and periodicals which I could not go there and hunt for myself.
In case some younger readers feel that too much hindsight had gone into the handling of the First German War, I must add that to read the editorials, political speeches, and private correspondence of the years immediately before and after August 4th, 1914, is pretty staggering.MoreLess
In case some younger readers feel that too much hindsight had gone into the handling of the First German War, I must add that to read the editorials, political speeches, and private correspondence of the years immediately before and after August 4th, 1914, is pretty staggering.MoreLess
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