{"product_id":"white-eagle-over-wimbledon-how-polands-war-affected-a-london-childhood-paperback","title":"White Eagle over Wimbledon: How Poland's war affected a London childhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFear and resentment of Polish immigrant workers may have led many Britons to vote for Brexit. But the exiled Poles who fought the Nazis were welcomed to the UK in the 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJournalist and historian John Phillips tells how his father, Ireneusz Filipowicz, fought in the Polish Resistance as a teenager and became the first recorded Cold War defector from Poland in a daring escape from the Russian secret police before arriving in Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIreneusz married a beautiful English girl, had a meteoric business career and created a loving, hospitable Wimbledon home for their children. Yet some exiles such as hard-drinking uncle Jan failed to integrate into Britain, which Jan believed 'betrayed' Poland in 1939.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a memoir of his family odyssey and his quest to exorcise its demons as a foreign correspondent covering wars from Lebanon to Bosnia, Phillips unravels the complex love-hate relationship between the Poles and the British in the hope that love may prevail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Fantastic, gripping and deeply human...\" Jacek Palasinski, TVN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Phillips was born in Yorkshire and grew up in Wimbledon, attending King's College School and Oxford University. He was a foreign reporter for UPI and The Times. He is editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Italian Insider\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.99 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47650156478717,"sku":"9781527210622","price":24.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/ZGxnZUVtUmJDQVVpdW95bHV0YzFrQT09.webp?v=1780696467","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/white-eagle-over-wimbledon-how-polands-war-affected-a-london-childhood-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}