Normandy ‘44

As an account of this mighty and vitally significant clash of armies, Normandy ’44 stands as richly impressive, hard to surpass * William Boyd, TImes Literary Supplement *A superb account of the invasions that deserves immense praise…To convey the human drama of Normandy requires great knowledge and sensitivity. Holland has both in spades * The Times *An invigorating new history of the Allied invasion of France * Strong Words Magazine *A readable account of one of the 20th century’s most defining battles provides a strategic overview enlivened by personal accounts of the horror … for the general reader there are plenty of surprises * The i *An impressive new account of D-Day … Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military matters … he reads the minds of the generals, their tactics, their blunders - on both sides * Daily Mail *Laced with firsthand accounts…the book provides an invaluable narrative * Who Do You Think You Are Magazine *A powerful account of the invasion * The Times *Any past criticism of General Montgomery’s leadership and tactics is put into a fresh focus … armed with the newly-presented facts we are able to make sense of the broader picture * Best of British *An epic telling of the Normandy invasion … one of Britain’s foremost military historians * Warships *

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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