Waiting For Hitler: Voices from Britain on the Brink of Invasion

A cracking book... pick it up and laugh and cry. Midge Gillies tops the bill * Time Out * There have been several biographies [of Marie Lloyd], but Midge Gillies' is the most wide-ranging and thoroughly researched. It is also the best. * Sunday Telegraph * A first-rate story about a remarkable woman * Edwina Currie, New Statesman * A vivid evocation of an era... one can almost smell the mixture of smoke, beer, winkles and champagne. * Times Literary Supplement * ... not just an accomplished biography, but a riveting slice of social history. * Mail on Sunday * Fascinating and well-researched * Independent on Sunday * ...diligent, vivid and stirring... Her book is perceptive without being over-analytical, colourful without being overegged... I was gripped, exhilarated and moved by it. * Sunday Telegraph * PRAISE FOR MIDGE GILLIES' PREVIOUS BOOKS * - * 'This is the best kind of social history... a feast' * Margaret Forster * 'A brilliant book and will be enjoyed by people from every generation' * Tony Benn * 'Gillies has written a wonderful book, packed with the authentic voices of the past. What might in other hands have been a rather depressing read becomes, thanks to her careful touch, a witty yet moving exploration into Britain and Britishness at its blundering, heroic best.' * The Mail on Sunday *