Eclipse
$34.19
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2022
Summary
An eye-witness account of the allied invasion of Fortress Europe in World War II.
Eclipse was the code name given by the Allies to the occupation of Germany. Moorehead’s book describes his experiences in Sicily and southern Italy in 1943, which culminated in the capture of Rome. He tells the electrifying story of D-Day, the liberation of Paris, and the Allied advance through northern France and Belgium, the crossing of the Rhine.
The author reconstructs, in terrifying detail, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552179126 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552179124 |
| Author: | Alan Moorehead |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 262g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Second World War Voices |
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About The Author
Alan Moorehead
Alan Moorehead was born in Melbourne, Australia. He travelled to England in 1937 and became a renowned foreign correspondent for the London Daily Express. Writer, world traveller, biographer, essayist, journalist, Moorehead was one of the most successful writers in English of his day. During World War II he won an international reputation for his coverage of campaigns in the Middle East and Asia, the Mediterranean and Northwest Europe. He died in 1983.
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