READER’S DIGEST RECOMMENDED READ: Festive Traditions
Nov 16, 2021
3 minutes
Every December, Trafalgar Square is famously dominated by a Christmas tree donated by Norway in gratitude for Britain’s help during the war. Indeed, it’s become such a familiar sight that the poignant and stirring story behind it is often forgotten. Now, the ever-prolific A N Wilson’s latest book—aimed at “young and old alike”—gives that story its full due.
He begins on the night of April 8-9, 1940 when Germany launched a surprise invasion of neutral Norway, firmly expecting that it
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