$52.59
- Paperback
928 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2011
Summary
The ground-breaking and definitive account of the Battle of Britain from one of this country’s most acclaimed young historians.
‘A notable account of an epic human experience’ - Max Hastings, Sunday Times
‘Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war’ - Sir Winston Churchill, speech to the House of Commons, 18 June 1940
The Nazi Blitzkrieg was unlike any invasion the world had ever seen. It hit Europe with a force and aggression that no-one…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552156103 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552156108 |
| Author: | James Holland |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 928 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 712g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 50mm |
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Critics Review
Holland is excellent on telling detail… This is a notable account of an epic human experience, told with the informality and enthusiasm that distinguish Holland’s work… If the story is familiar, Holland tells it with authority and exuberant panache – Max Hastings * The Sunday Times *
Holland is one of a new generation of historians who were born long after the war but who bring to the subject a freshness and proper spirit of enquiry. A great achievement – John Sergeant * Sunday Express *
Excellent on all the technicalities of the conflict… full of lively pen portraits and unusual insights * Spectator *
Stuffed with personal accounts that drive the narrative along at a cracking pace – Patrick Bishop * Mail on Sunday *
Ambitious and comprehensive… the pace never flags as the narrative ranges effortlessly from the cockpit of the Spitfire to the gallery of the House of Commons – Saul David * Daily Telegraph *
Comprehensive and readable * The Economist *
Holland is superb at switching the focus of the action while maintaining the pace and drama of the story * Spectator
A definitive record… The fact we won is remarkable, and Holland brings the events vividly to life **** * News of the World *
A full and fascinating account… Edge-of-the-seat exciting * Saga *
Holland is a narrative historian par excellence who believes that people should eb at the heart of any story and brings the characters of the age to life… [an] excellent, highly-readable volume * Navy News *
About The Author
James Holland
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently The Savage Storm and Cassino ‘44, he is also the author of ten works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts. He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now in its twelfth year, and he has presented - and written - many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and the History and Discovery channels. With Al Murray, he has a successful Second World War podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, which also has its own festival, and is a research fellow at St Andrew’s University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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