To War with Whitaker The Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly 1939-45 - Hardcover

An extraordinary story. No review can do justice to the writing (Robert Rhodes-James Sunday Express)

These absolutely spiffing diaries offer a madcap, aristocratic window behind the lines of war (Daily Mail)

Few diaries from any era could be as fascinating . . . This is truly compulsive reading (Woman and Home)

Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, OBE, was the British author of To War With Whitaker: The Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939-1945. In 1957, Lady Ranfurly extended the Ranfurly Library Service project to other developing countries short on English books; the organization later changed its name to Book Aid International. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1970 New Year Honours. She enjoyed her old age, noting "you have so many more memories than when you are young". She died at her home in Buckinghamshire on 11 February 2001 at the age of 87.