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Human Voices

Human Voices

by Penelope Fitzgerald

2003Teenage girlsBritish Broadcasting CorporationFictionRadio broadcastingGreat Britain
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Inside Broadcasting House, the Department of Recorded Programmes was sometimes called the Seraglio, because its Director found that he could work better when surrounded by young women.

Inside Broadcasting House, the Department of Recorded Programmes was sometimes called the Seraglio, because its Director found that he could work better when surrounded by young women.

About this book

In the height of enemy bombing during World War II, a series of human dramas unfolds as the BBC transforms its concert hall into a dormitory for men and women, conflict erupts between two departmental directors, and sixteen-year-old Annie falls hopelessly in love.

Themes & subjects

Teenage girlsBritish Broadcasting CorporationFictionRadio broadcastingGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945
First published 2003

Setting

EnglandGreat Britain

About the author

Penelope Fitzgerald

1916 – 2000

Author

Penelope Fitzgerald

First published

2003

Pages

208

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

14

Languages

English, Spanish

Publisher

Flamingo

ISBN

9788417553081

Where to buy

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