Hey /r/AskHistorians
I really hope making a post like this is okay (since I don't really have a specific question). I'm a writer and currently working on a project that is set in London during WWII. While I have most of my story planned out, I want to do some proper research to make sure it's as historically accurate as possible
My project (which will most likely be a play) is about a group of people who are taking shelter in the Underground during the Blitz. While I have most of the story planned out, I really think it's time I do further research to make sure I get all the details and references right. I have a basic knowledge of what happened in London, but I would love to know more. Especially about the day to day lives of those who lived there. I'd also like to learn about how some of the minorities would have been treated.
Thank you so much in advance!
There's Richard Overy's The Bombing War: Europe 1939 - 1945, if you'd like a broad overview (avoid The Bombers and the Bombed, it's essentially an abridged version of The Bombing War that drops the section on the Blitz). It covers both the military and civilian perspective of both German and Allied bombing campaigns, so there's only one specifically relevant chapter ("Taking It? British Society and the Blitz"), but it has an extremely comprehensive bibliography for drilling down further.
Picking out a couple of titles that look like they'd most appropriate, Juliet Gardiner's The Blitz: the British Under Attack is well reviewed, and, focusing on the Underground, John Gregg's The Shelter of the Tubes.