Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} HERMIONE After To War With Whitaker The Continuing Diaries of Hermione Countess of Ranfurly 1945-200 Ranfurly. If you have information about this name , share it in the comments area below! Numerology information Ranfurly: Name Number: 7. Meaning: Inner, Thought, Mind, Psychology, Secret, Mystic, Strange, Study, Knowledge, Loneliness, Rest. Definition funny of Ranfurly: That guy is so lazy and loves honey Yeah thats a Ranfurly. Songs about Ranfurly: Ranfurly Draught by Necrolatry from the Album Kaka Of Death Southland Takes the Ranfurly Shield by Greg Crowe from the Album Southland Takes the Ranfurly Shield. Books about Ranfurly: HERMIONE After To War with Whitaker (The continuing Diaries of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly 1945-2001 Book 3) - Sep 19, 2012 by Countess of Ranfurly, Hermione, The Ugly One: The Childhood Memoirs of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, 1913-39 - Nov 5, 1998 by Ranfurly, Hermione Ranfurly,Countess of To War with Whitaker: Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939-45 - May 22, 2014 by Hermione Ranfurly To War With Whitaker - May 22, 2002 by Hermione Ranfurly To war with Whitaker: the wartime diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939-1945 - 1994 by RANFURLY (Countess of) Mitch - The Real Story - Oct 5, 2014 by John Mitchell and Gavin Rich Ranfurly Shield Rugby - 1960 by A. H. Carman Ranfurly Castle Golf Club: A centenary history - 1989 by Robert A Crampsey Old Ranfurly - Nov 1905 by Andrew Smith McKenzie To War with Whitaker( Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly 1939-45)[TO WAR W/WHITAKER] [Paperback] - May 31, 2014 by HermioneRanfurly By Hermione Ranfurly To War with Whitaker: Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939-45 [Paperback] - Jun 6, 2014 Shield Fever: the Ranfurly Shield History of Otago and Southland - 1950 by [Henderson, George Duncan] Wiki information Ranfurly: Ranfurly Location, Statistical region, Dated location, City/Town/Village. Ranfurly is the largest settlement in the Maniototo district of Otago, New Zealand. Located 110 kilometres north of Dunedin, it lies in dry rough country at a moderately high altitude close to a small tributary of the Taieri River. It operates as a. The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is a trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1904, the Shield is based on a challenge system, rather than a league or knockout competition as with most. Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, OBE, was the British author of To War With Whitaker: The Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939– 1945. Ranfurly is a small settlement on the southern edge of the village of Bridge of Weir, which lies within the Gryffe Valley in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the West-Central Lowlands of Scotland. Ranfurly owes its name to the. Uchter John Mark Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly GCMG, PC, DL, JP was a British politician and colonial governor. He was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1897 to 1904. Earl of Ranfurly, of Dungannon in the County of Tyrone, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1831 for Thomas Knox, 2nd Viscount Northland. He had earlier represented County Tyrone in the House of Commons, and had already been. Ranfurly is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Minburn No. 27. Previously an incorporated municipality, Ranfurly dissolved from village status on January 1, 1946 to become part of the Municipal District of Birch Lake No. Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly KCMG, known as Dan Ranfurly, was a British Army officer and farmer, who served as Governor of the Bahamas. His exploits in the Second World War, along with those of his wife, Hermione and his valet, Whitaker. Admiral the Hon. Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, KCB, DSO, JP, DL was a British admiral. He is often referred to as Reginald Plunkett or Reginald Drax. He was the younger son of the John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany. Ranfurly Point is a low rocky point marking the convergence of the Beardmore and Keltie Glaciers, at the northern extremity of Supporters Range. Named by D.B. Rainey, Cartographic Branch of the Department of Lands and Survey, New Zealand, for Lord. The Ranfurly Shield went through 10 challenges in the 2009 season, changing hands twice, and was held by Southland at the conclusion of the season. Wellington started off their 2009 Ranfurly Shield campaign with easy wins over Heartland teams. Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly, styled Viscount Northland between 1831 and 1840, was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. Thomas Knox, 1st Earl of Ranfurly, styled The Honourable Thomas Knox between 1781 and 1818 and known as The Viscount Northland between 1818 and 1831, was an Irish peer and politician. The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is perhaps the most prestigious trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1904, the Ranfurly Shield is based on a challenge system, rather than a league. Thomas Knox, 3rd Earl of Ranfurly, styled Viscount Northland between 1840 and 1858, was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He was the son of Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly and his wife Mary Juliana Stuart, and represented Dungannon as a. The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o' Wood, is perhaps the most prestigious trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1904, the Ranfurly Shield is based on a challenge system, rather than a league. Melvil Decimal System: 940.548141. Wording: History and Geography > Europe > Europe > 1918- > Military History Of World War II > Other Topics > Memories and autobiographies > Not set > Not set. Dewmoji: > > ? > ? > ? > ? > ? > ? > ? 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I haven’t posted in ages, but I want to get back into the swing of it. And because I really want to read books from my TBR I decided to to do the 20 Books of Summer challenge. It is hosted by Cathy over at 746books. These are the books I want to read: 1. Rachel Aaron: Nice Dragons Finish Last. 2. Louisa May Alcott: Little Women. 3. Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 4. Tracey Baptiste: The Jumbies. 5. Sarah Rees Brennan: In Other Lands. 6. Vera Brittain: Testament of Youth. 7. Rebecca Caudill: Up and Down the River. 8. Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Understood Betsy# 9. Shira Glassman: Knit One, Girl Two. 10. Elizabeth Goudge: The Scent of Water. 11. Justina Ireland: Dread Nation. 12. Diana Wynne Jones: The Power of Three. 13. Helen Keller: The Story of My Life. 14. L.M. Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables. 15. Nnedi Okorafor: Akata Witch. 16. Isabelle Rowan: A Note in the Margin. 17. Robin Steven: First Class Murder. 18. Sindney Taylor: All-of-aKind Family Downtown. 19. Jean Webster: Dear Enemy. 20. Antonia White: Frost in May. And since I know myself, I’ve decided on 5 alternative books I might swap: I. Charlotte Brontë: Villette. II. Gerogette Heyer: Masqueraders. III. E. Jade Lomax: Beanstalk. IV. Cindy Pon: Want. V. Miss Read: Village School. I hope I get to read as much as I want over the summer. I’m really excited. Wednesday Reading: Week 3 and 4. I’ve read quite a bit the past two weeks: John Bude: The Cornish Coast Murder –> This was from the books I’ve already started last year, and I’m glad I continued. The characters were interesting enough, and the plot alright. Vita Sackville-West: Country Notes in Wartime –> There was a lot of gardening in this title, and I don’t know a lot about it. It was quite charming thoug, and her thoughts interesting. And I was glad it was a short book, since this left me just with the desire to read some more of her works. Ammi-Joan Paquette: Princess Juniper of the Hourglass –> This was also from last year. It was a little generic, and I never really warmed up to the character. It was interesting enough for me to finish it, even though I won’t read more of this series. Intisar Khanai: Sunbolt –> Now this I thouroughly enjoyed, and I can’t wait to read more. Hitomi is a great character, and I love how real she seems to me. I love the worldbuilding, but it was never overpowering the story. Mavis Doriel Hay: Death on the Cherwell –> I liked this more than the Cornish Coast Murder. I liked the characters, and the case was interesting enough. I loved the setting too, and how it was brought to life. I have another novel of this author on my TBR, and I think I’ll get to it soon. Kazuo Koike: Crying Freeman, Vol.1 –> I liked this well enough, even though I don’t usually like mafia settings. I’m not sure I liked it well enough to pay for reading more of this series. Mito Orihara: The Legend of Annatour, Vol. 1 –> This was pretty awful. The plot was way to cliché, I didn’t like the characters, and the only saving grace was the art. To War With Whitaker by Hermione Ranfurly. If I were knowingly heading into an active theatre of war, I like to think I would go armed with the necessary information, wardrobe, and exit plan (I’m a desperate coward). What I would never have thought to put on my packing list are a valet, a parrot, and a little black book with the names of seemingly everyone interesting, exciting and important. Hermione Ranfurly had all these things and more with her when she followed her husband, Dan, to the Middle East at the beginning of World War Two. Dan was fighting Germans, Hermione was fighting the British military for the right to stay near her husband, and Dan’s valet, Whitaker, was fighting to keep as much order as is possible in a) a war zone and b) a desert. Hermione’s diaries of these days, collected in the excellently-named To War with Whitaker , make for wonderful read and offer a perspective on that war that is certainly unlike any I’ve come across before and all the more welcome for that. Dan and Hermione were only twenty-five when the war broke out, newly married and living in a small flat in London. Though grandly titled – as the Earl and Countess of Ranfurly – they were essentially a hard-working pair of cash-strapped – though well-connected – young people, in love and excited to start their lives together. The outbreak of war in September 1939 upset their plans, as it did so many people’s. Within a few months, Dan was posted with the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry to Palestine and Hermione was outraged to discover that Yeomanry wives were not allowed to follow their husbands to the Middle East. Not officially at least. A determined young woman, Hermione snuck around the military officials and found her own way to Palestine…where the military promptly began its concentrated efforts to throw her out again. They even put her on a boat home but she just got off the ship in Cape Town and came back over land instead. The irony of all this is that Dan was taken prisoner in the spring of 1941. After working so hard to be near her husband – eventually winning a rightful place for herself in military and government circles as an intelligent and discreet secretary – he disappeared to the one place she could not follow him to. They would be separated for the next three years, with Dan in Italy and Hermione all over the Middle East and North Africa. They were sad years for both, with Hermione always very conscious of their separation, but she filled them with some absolutely fascinating experiences and encounters with memorable characters. It is not everyone whose war years included up-close encounters with film stars, famous writers, powerful generals, and multiple monarchs. She went shopping with Patton, hosted a tea for Tito, sailed in the harbour at Alexandria as the ships set off for the invasion of Sicily, lived in Baghdad with the explorer Freya Stark (of whom Hermione said, “She is priceless; when I asked her what I should pay for board and lodging she just said, ‘Whatever you earn I’d like three quarters of it.’ It was said so charmingly I agreed and now I’m rather short.”) and came close to sassing the wife of the Soviet Ambassador to London, who was surprised to find an English Countess working: I told her that, like a great many other people in England, I had earned my own living since the age of seventeen. I refrained with difficulty from adding that I thought it a good deal more surprising that she should live like a capitalist and talk communism. (29 September 1943 – Cairo) These were exciting times and as someone working within and closely tied to military and diplomatic circles, Hermione was well positioned to see and hear much. From 1943 onwards, she helped organise the meetings at which the Allied leaders plotted the terms of their victory in Asia and prepared their final strategy for the defeat of the Nazis. Thankfully for us, she recorded many of her encounters during these historic days. It’s oddly charming to know the jokes the aides were laughing over on days when Churchill, Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-Shek were planning Japan’s unconditional surrender. I love diplomats’ diaries (Charles Ritchie and Harold Nicolson spring to mind) and Hermione’s are the next best thing. They certainly offer a welcome contrast to all the Home Front diaries of the same era. Goodness knows I enjoy those too, but I can only read so many entries moaning about rationing and the blackout, air raid shelters and double summertime before losing patience with the heroic housewives. Instead, Hermione’s diaries introduced me to a theatre of war that I knew comparatively little about and focused on the sort of details I love best: fascinating people, major world events, and behind-the-scenes insights. Claire blogs at The Captive Reader and knows no glamorous people, has no title, and doesn’t know shorthand. Other that than, she and Hermione Ranfurly have much in common. Hermione Ranfurly, To War with Whitaker , (Bello: London, 2014). 978-1-4472-5940-4, 372pp., paperback. BUY at Blackwell’s in std paperback via our affiliate link (free UK P&P) Nonfiction November: Book Pairings. Nonfiction November is being hosted by Sarah (Sarah’s Book Shelves), Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness), Sarah (Sarah’s Book Shelves), Julie (JulzReads), and Katie (Doing Dewey). through the site What’s Nonfiction? They have a wonderful programme mapped out for November here. The topic for the second week is “book pairings” – matching a nonfiction book with a fiction one, which is a really great idea. So here goes… To War With Whitaker. The Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly 1939-45. Hermione Ranfurly was a formidable woman. She married into the aristocracy, and when WWII came and her husband Dan, the 6th Earl of Ranfurly went off to join his regiment, Hermione decided that she wouldn’t be left behind to be looked after the family retainer Whitaker. Despite strict rules about wives not being allowed to join their husbands. Hermione was determined not to stand for this. She planned to sneak out somehow to the Middle East, then to get a job and make herself indispensable and be allowed to stay. Which she did, and occasionally she and Dan managed to be in the same part of the Middle East or Africa. She may name-drop, but she also possessed a first class mind, and her work as a military secretary gave her a real appreciation of the Mediterranean situation during the war. Read my full review of this book here. This book will pair wonderfully with: The Fortunes of War by Olivia Manning. The Balkan Trilogy (1960-65) and The Levant Trilogy (1977-1980) Based on Manning’s own wartime experiences, this sequence of six novels, published as two trilogies has much in common with Hermione Ranfurly’s. Manning and her husband, a British Council university lecturer in Bucharest, were forced to move out when war started, travelling through Greece to Cairo and later Palestine. Her novels feature a young couple Guy and Harriet Pringle. Guy is a lecturer in Bucharest, a Communist and gregarious chap within a network of ex-pats. The onset of war forces them to relocate ending up in Cairo. In the second trilogy, Harriet is persuaded to return home, but she changes her mind, going off with friends. When the ship is torpedoed, Guy believes she is dead, but eventually they are reunited. Guy and Harriet will forever be Ken and Em on telly together for me. Shown on the BBC in autumn 1987: it was while filming this series that they became a couple. The series also featured Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett, Philip Madoc and Rupert Graves, and stayed close to the books. After seeing the TV adaptation, I remember devouring the books – I still have my TV tie-in copy of The Balkan Trilogy and it is a definite ‘re-read some day’ tome for me.