Julie Summers (born 1960) is an English author, historical consultant^[1] and writer, best known for the bookJambusters. The book focuses on several women who were members of the Women's Institute duringWorld War II and who were inspiration for the ITV seriesHome Fires. She is the granddaughter ofPhilip Toosey and the great niece ofSandy Irvine.

She was born atClatterbridge on theWirral Peninsula in 1960. She attended Culcheth Hall School, Altrincham;Howell's School, Denbigh andWycombe Abbey School. She was atMunich Business School 1978-80 and spent one year atDeutsche Bank. She then studied German and History of Art atBristol University;Courtauld Institute of Art: Medieval Architecture. At theRoyal Academy of Arts was secretary 1986-1989 toNorman Rosenthal, then she was Deputy Curator for theHenry Moore Foundation 1989-1996, a freelance exhibition organiser 1996-2000 and Head of Exhibitions at theAshmolean Museum, Oxford 2000-2004.^[2]

• Fearless on Everest: The Quest For Sandy Irvine (2001).^[3]

• The Colonel of Tamarkan, Philip Toosey and the Bridge on the River Kwai (2005). This is the true story of the events ofThe Bridge on the River Kwai^[4]

• 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 SeriesHome 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 asHome Fires^[14]

• Fashion On The Ration: Style In The Second World War (2015)^[15] The book focuses on the fashion style during the 1940s.

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

• YouTube lecture by Julie Summers

• 1960 births
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• British women historians
• English women writers
• British writers
• People from Merseyside
• People educated at Wycombe Abbey

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