Telling Tales

Penny Perrick Bloomsbury Caravel €13.99

Anita Leslie grew up in aristocratic Anglo-Irish Castle Leslie in Co. Monaghan during the interwar years, but she was not cut out for the debutante lifestyle dictated by her sex and class. When war broke out she served as an ambulance driver in Africa and France and, uniquely, was awarded both the Africa Star and Croix de Guerre. A fascinating biography.