Aaron Manning - A Noble War

The British Postal Museum and Archive Podcast

Sir Anthony Eden is best known for his lion-hearted leadership alongside Winston Churchill during the Second World War, but long before his finest hour, Eden fought his first battles in the trenches during the First World War. Examining recently re-discovered letters to his sister Marjorie Warwick, this talk re-assesses the concept of aristocratic noble war and explores how Eden and his family dealt with the horrors of the front line.