\n Forum Books will host an evening with historian and author John Willis on Thursday, November 6.\n<\/p>\n
\n The book features a collection of lesser-known accounts from the Second World War, including transcribed letters shared between Jean Clarkson and Douglas Capes.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ruth Marlee, their daughter, said: “Initially, they became pen pals when Douglas Capes was a medic in Montgomery\u2019s 8th Army, and Jean Clarkson lived at Elrington Hall, near Haydon Bridge.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Life as a ‘Desert Rat’ couldn’t have been more different from Northumbrian rural life.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The transcript of their letters is a remarkable view of history, which author John Willis added to his fascinating book, *The People’s War*.\n<\/p>\n
\n “My parents’ small contribution has been included with the same sensitivity, accuracy and respect that John has given all the unheard stories of everyday bravery, moments of terror, and tales of life-affirming communities.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Willis is a historian and television executive, known for his roles as director of programmes at Channel 4 and director of factual and learning at the BBC.\n<\/p>\n
\n Forum Books will host the event at 7pm.\n<\/p>\n
\n Tickets are available online at www.ticketsource.co.uk\/forumbooks\/forum-books-presents-the-peoples-war\/e-kjgkra or through Forum Books in Corbridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forum Books will host an evening with historian and author John Willis on Thursday, November 6. The book…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3938],"tags":[3444,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-495265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115365017388145033","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}