During World War II, she wrote that she and Charles lived in London despite The Blitz.
He was in the home guard and he wrote while she was still working as a hospital nurse dealing with casualties from the night-time bombing.
On 8 December 1940, as they were preparing for bed, an incendiary bomb set fire to the roof of their house and this experience was repeated the following year.
[2] Health and fitness became popular and her books recommended self-help by managing your diet and exercise.
She had married Charles Patrick Graves in 1929 at a reception whose guests included Rudyard Kipling and Stanley Baldwin.