Children of the ""Benares""

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1987. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Light foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780413423108

London: Methuen, 1987. 172 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographs. "When the passenger liner 'City of Benares' sailed from Liverpool on Friday, 13 September 1940 she was carrying 90 evacuee children from the bombed cities of Britain, bound under a government-sponsored scheme for a safe haven in Canada. Her sinking by U-boat four days later, without warning, in total disregard of the plight of survivors and in defiance of international law, shocked and horrified the civilised world. Of 406 people on board 256 were lost - including, at first count, 83 of the evacuee children. In Britain and the Commonwealth the reaction was one of righteous indignation, accompanied by an intense desire for retribution. Nor was the propaganda value neglected, a broadcast by King George VI the day after the news broke being clearly directed at neutral America. 'The world,' he said, 'could have no clearer proof of the wickedness against which we fight than this foul deed'. Suspicions… Read More

London: Methuen [0-413-42310-7] 1987, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 172pp. Very good plus in near fine dust jacket. Photographs, appendices, notes, index. There is a previous owner's name on the title page and minor underlining in red pencil in the text. "When the passenger liner City of Benares sailed from Liverpool on Friday, 13 September 1940 she was carrying 90 evacuee children from the bombed cities of Britain, bound under a government-sponsored scheme for a safe haven in Canada. Her sinking by U-boat four days later, without warning, in total disregard of the plight of survivors and in defiance of international law, shocked and horrified the civilised world". Time Period World War 2. (World War II, International Affairs, U-Boats, War Crimes, World War II).