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Lynne Olson
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Lynne Olson is the former White House correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. In addition to 2010’s Citizens of London, she is most recently the author of Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s fight over WWII 1939-1941. She is also the author of Troublesome Young Men: the rebels who brought Churchill to power and helped save England and Freedom’s Daughters: the unsung heroines of the civil rights movement from 1830 to 1970, and is a co-author of two other books.

Books by Lynne Olson

Those Angry Days

The New York Times bestseller from Lynne Olson, author of the national bestseller Citizens of London; Those Angry Days examines the years 1939 to 1941, when Hitler's troops overwhelmed Europe and a vicious internal struggle tore the United States apart as Americans fought over whether or not to join the war.

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For Your Freedom and Ours

The heroic, inspiring, tragic and extraordinary true story of the Polish pilots who fought for the RAF in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War. A remarkable and moving example of a popular history book at its best and a great testament to the wartime bravery and honour of the forgotten heroes of World War Two.

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