Shelfmark
MS 979
Author
Title
Window into Russia / by Christopher Gowan.
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, [between ca. 1960 and ca. 1980].
Physical description
[185] leaves ; 26 cm.
Note
Typescript memoir with annotations.
Note
Comprises a foreword and 11 chapters, typed at different times, with three additional leaves containing notes for additional chapters.
Note
"(Eton Master)" added to the title page in another hand.
Note
Leaves punched with ringbinder holes and held together with string within red heavy paper covers.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Arrival -- Settling in -- More settling in -- The 20th July, 1944 -- Looking through the window -- Parades & uniforms -- The artists and the émigrés -- Behind the iron curtain -- German politics: the stage-setting -- German politics: the party struggle -- Farewell to Berlin -- The development of the British sector [notes for a chapter to be inserted before Farewell to Berlin] -- The U.S. and French sectors [notes] -- Berlin three months later [notes for a chapter to be inserted after Farewell to Berlin].
Summary, etc.
Summary: C. D'O. Gowan was an assistant master at Eton 1932-1970 (house master at Cotton Hall House 1947-1964), teaching modern languages. During the Second World War he became an intelligence officer on Montgomery's staff in the Middle East and in Europe. He was based in Berlin for around 6 months from July 1945.
Subject
World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives.
Subject
Berlin (Germany) History 1918-1945.
Subject
Germany Relations Soviet Union.
Subject
Soviet Union Relations Germany.
Genre/Form
Memoirs.
Added entry--place
England.
Identifier
B51921