Ike and Kay
MacManus, James2018
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In 1942, Cork-born Kay Summersby's life is changed forever when she is tasked with driving General Eisenhower on his fact-finding visit to wartime London. Despite Eisenhower's marriage to Mamie, the pair takes an immediate liking to one another and he gifts Kay a rare wartime luxury: a box of chocolates. So begins a tumultuous relationship that against all military regulation sees Kay travelling with Eisenhower on missions to far flung places before the final assault on Nazi Germany. She becomes known as 'Ike's shadow' and in letters Mamie bemoans his new obsession with 'Ireland'. That does not stop him from using his influence to grant Kay US citizenship and rank in the US army, drawing her closer when he returns to America.
Main title:
Ike and Kay / James MacManus.
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Imprint:
London : Duckworth Overlook, 2018.
Collation:
306 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780715652947 (hbk)
Dewey class:
FICTION
Language:
English
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BRN:
2600025
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