

Dressed For War
The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue editor extraordinaire from the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties
Author: Julie Summers
Narrator: Kristin Atherton
Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK
Published: 02/06/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, History
Synopsis
But Vogue had a good war, with great writers and top-flight photographers including Lee Miller and Cecil Beaton – who loathed each other – sending images and reports from Europe and much further afield – detailing the plight of the countries and people living amidst war-torn Europe. Audrey Withers’ deft handling of her star contributors and the importance she placed on reflecting people’s lives at home give this slice of literary history a real edge. With official and personal correspondence researched from the magazine’s archives in London and in New York, Dressed For War will tell the marvellous story of the titanic struggle between the personalities that shaped the magazine for the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond.