This is not an exclusive list but the following may interest those who wish to pursue this period of history further.
Bailey, Catherine, Black Diamonds, Penguin: London, 2008
Beevor, Anthony, D-Day, Penguin: London, 2012
Beevor, Anthony, The Second World War, Weidenfeld & Nicolson: London, 2012
Brassey, Paul, Burchardt, Jeremy, Thompson, Lynne, Ed, The English Countryside between the War, Boydell & Brewer: Suffolk, 2006
Buchan, Ursula, Green and Pleasant Land, Random House Publishing: London, 2013
Cooper, Duff, Old Men Forget, Ulan Press, 2012
Courcy, Anne de, Debs at War, Phoenix Publishing Group: San Diego, 2006
Day-Lewis, Tamsin, Ed, Last Letters Home, Macmillan: London, 2005
Ferguson, Niall, The War of the World, Penguin: London, 2009
Hattersley, Roy, Borrowed Time, Abacus: London, 2009
James, Edward, Philip Purser, Quaret Books: London, 1991
James, Edward, Schwäne spiegeln Elefanten, Schirmer Publishing: Munich, 2012
Jenkins, Roy, Baldwin, William Collins: London, 1987
Jenkins, Roy, Churchill, Macmillan: London, 2001
Kiste, John van der, George V’s Children, Sutton Publishing: London, 2003
Leatham, P. E., The Short Story of a Long Life, Wilton 65 Publishing: Windsor, 2009
Loelia, Lindsay, Grace and Favour: The Memoirs of Lolelia Duchess of Westminster, Weidenfeld & Nicolson: London, 1961
Lovell, Mary, The Churchills, Abacus: London, 2012
Lukacs, John, Five Days in London May 1940, Yale University Press: Yale: 2001
Macintyre, Ben, Double Cross, Bloomsbury Publishing: London, 2012
Middleboe, Fry, Donald, Grace, Christopher, Penelope, We shall never surrender: Wartime diaries 1939–1945, Macmillan: London, 2011
Mulvalgh, Jane, Madresfield, Random House Publishing: London, 2009
Norwich, Lord John Julius, The Duff Cooper Dairies, Phoenix Publishing Group: San Diego, 2006
O’Connor, Garry, Household Cavalry Regiment 1943–44: In the Shadow of Monte Amaro, The History Press: Gloucestershire, 2013
Olson, Lynne, Troublesome young Men, Macmillan: 2008
Perry, John, Pershing: Commander of the Great War, Thomas Nelson Publishing: London, 2011
Purser, Philip, Final Quest of Edward James, Quartet Books: London, 1991
Reid, Charles, Malcolm Sargent, Penguin: London, 1968
Rhodes, Margaret, The Final Curtsey, Brilinn Publishing: Edinburgh, 2012
Roberts, Andrew, Master and Commanders, Penguin: London, 2009
Roberts, Andrew, The Storm of War, Harper Perennial: London, 2012
Sebba, Anne, The Life of Wallis Simpson Duchess of Windsor, Phoelix Publishing Group: San Diego, 2012
Self, Robert, Neville Chamberlain, Ashgate Publishing Limited: Aldershot, 1988
Smith, Sally B., Reflected Glory, Simon & Schuster: London, 1997
Soames, Mary, Ed, Speaking for Themselves: The personal letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill, Black Swan Publishing: London, 1999
Taylor, D.J., Bright Young People, Random House Publishing: London, 2008
Warwick, Christopher, George and Marina, Weidenfeld & Nicholson: London, 1988
Young, Gordon, Golden Prince, Robert Hale Publishing: Kent, 1955
Ziegler, Philip, Diana Cooper, Faber and Faber: London, 2011
Ziegler, Philip, King Edward VIII, Sutton Publishing: London, 2001
The novels of Evelyn Waugh are an excellent commentary as well as great literature. Brideshead Revisited never fails to entrance.
I have used our own archives at Highclere Castle extensively, and above all need to thank David Rymill our excellent archivist who has been able to help me here as well as draw on any references and records from Winchester Archives and other sources.