Our Uninvited Guests

‘A celebration of the ability of the British to pull together, improvise and transform our most beautiful ancestral homes’ * The Times *
‘An intimate picture …engagingly written and covering a good selection of country houses…wonderfully evocative…a warm-hearted and fascinating treatment of a very good story.’ * Country Life *
‘Thanks to extremely detailed research Ms Summers has unearthed fascinating stories about how life in country houses changed radically during the war years.’ * Oxford Times *
‘Homes of every shape and size played their part… Summers examines in detail the rich cast of characters that occupied these houses.’ * Daily Mail *
‘A great panorama of extraordinary tales…Julie Summers has an amazing instinct for unearthing good stories and telling quotes.’ * Mail on Sunday *
‘This is an enjoyable book, peppered with examples of under-reported wartime heroism.’ * The Daily Telegraph *
‘It’s hard to believe that there are still untold stories about Britain and World War II, but Julie Summers has unearthed a fascinating one that she tells with great verve and style. All in all, Uninvited Guests is a sheer delight.’ – Lynne Olson, author of Citizens of London and Last Hope Island
‘By focusing on the human side of the story, Julie has created a book [that] readers who have no previous knowledge of the war and country homes will be able to pick up and enjoy.’ * Aberdeen Press & Journal *

Julie Summers is a bestselling author and historian. Her books include:

• Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine
• The Colonel of Tamarkan, a biography of her grandfather, the man who built the ‘real’ bridge on the River Kwai
• Stranger in the House, a social history of servicemen reuniting with their families after the Second World War
• When the Children Came Home, which tells the story of returning evacuees

Her book Jambusters was the inspiration for ITV’s hit drama series Home Fires, which ran for two seasons in 2015–16. She lives in Oxford.

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