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In 1939, in the final stages of the Spanish Civil War, Nancy and Archie Johnstone made a desperate dash for the border with the children they had sheltered in their hotel in Tossa de Mar. Once in France the children were interned in a concentration camp. After doing all they could to help, the Johnstones went into exile in Mexico. Sombreros are Becoming, the third volume of Nancy's memoirs, is a light-hearted account of how they rebuilt the...

Bored with life in London, Nancy and Archie Johnstone left their jobs and moved to the Costa Brava in 1934 to build and run their own hotel. It sounded like a recipe for disaster but within twelve months Tossa de Mar became the destination of choice for a vibrant group of international writers and artists. Hotel in Spain is a light-hearted account of their ups and downs before the Civil War erupted and darkness descended.

Hotel in Flight is the second volume of Nancy Johnstone's autobiographical accounts. As described in Hotel in Spain, in 1934 she and her husband Archie moved to the Costa Brava to build and run their own hotel. Two years later, in July 1936, Civil War erupts in Spain and throws the country into turmoil. Declining an offer of 'rescue' by the Royal Navy, Nancy and her husband Archie convert their hotel into a refuge for children displaced by the...

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