Alistair Horne, one of the world's most distinguished historians, was a "Bundle from Britain" - one of the children evacuated to America from the war in Europe. In these reflections, he tells the story of the dramatic upheaval and the very different circumstances he found himself in upon his arrival in the United States, and on his later return to his homeland as a member of the RAF. This is more than the story of Horne's war: it is a portrait of life in pre-war England and in the New York of the early 1940s. A genuinely valuable historical document, A BUNDLE FROM BRITAIN is written with wit and charm. It stands as an important chronicle of the middle years of the most recent century.
"An exuberant book which describes, with honesty and humanity, a childhood played out against the backdrop of some of the momentous history of this century." (Financial Times)