The book at war Author Forename:Andrew walks in one beautiful April

walks in one beautiful April morning

No one in Lochdubh expects Dorothy to stay for long

convinced he has murdered his wife

They've all got secrets that they would die to protect

With a violent boyfriend at home and male chauvinist pigs at work

The book at war Author Forename:Andrew walks in one beautiful AprilChairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando before leaving to write Brideshead Revisited. Since the advent of modern warfare, books have all too often found themselves on the frontline. In 'The Book at War', acclaimed historian Andrew Pettegree traces the surprising ways in which written culture from travel guides and scientific papers to Biggles and Anne Frank has shaped, and been shaped, by the