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Writing a War of Words is the first exploration of the war-time quest by Andrew Clark - a writer,...

Writing a War of Words is the first exploration of the war-time quest by Andrew Clark - a writer,...

Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of Englishis now updated and entirely res...