Julie Summers

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Not to be confused with Julie Sommars.
Julie Summers
Born1960
Occupation(s)Writer
Researcher
Historian
Actress
Years active2004 - Present
Known forInspiring
Home Fires
Notable work
  • Jambusters
  • Fashion on the Ration
  • Fearless on Everest
  • Stranger in the House

Julie Summers (born 1960) is an English author, historical consultant

Sandy Irvine
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Early life and career

She was born at

Bristol University; Courtauld Institute of Art: Medieval Architecture. At the Royal Academy of Arts was secretary 1986-1989 to Norman Rosenthal, then she was Deputy Curator for the Henry Moore Foundation 1989-1996, a freelance exhibition organiser 1996-2000 and Head of Exhibitions at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 2000-2004.[2]

Books
  • Remembered: The History of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (2007) - with Brian Harris[5]
  • Stranger in the House: Women's Stories of Men Returning from the Second World War (2009)[6]
  • British and Commonwealth War Cemeteries (2010)[7]
  • When the Children Came Home (2012) which focused on the evacuees who returned home from the war.[8][9]
  • Rowing In Britain (2012) A brief history of the last 200 years of rowing in Britain[10]
  • Jambusters: the story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War (2013) was the inspiration for the ITV Series
    Home Fires, in which Summers has a cameo appearance.[11][12] The series began in May 2015 and following successful ratings ITV commissioned a second series.[13] The book has also been published as Home Fires[14]

Other notable work

Summers was also the research consultant on the popular film The Woman in Black: Angel of Death.

External links

References

  1. ^ "Julie Summers". IMDb. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Biography on Julie Summers web-site". Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ISBN 9780753812655
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  4. ISBN 0743263502
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  5. ISBN 978-1858943749
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  6. ISBN 978-0743295529
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  7. ISBN 978-0747807896
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  8. ISBN 9781847398765
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  9. ^ "Amazon.co.uk:Customer Reviews: When the Children Came Home: Stories of Wartime Evacuees". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  10. ISBN 9780747812111
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  11. OCLC 812071126
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  12. ^ "Julie Summers". IMDb. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  13. ^ "ITV commissions a second series of Home Fires". ITV Press Centre. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  14. ISBN 978-0143108450
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  15. ISBN 9781781253267
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