Arnhem
$39.51
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
28 November 2022
Summary
The vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy - made into the BAFTA award-winning film A Bridge Too Far
‘Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘Finely recorded…truly the battle of Arnhem has been fortunate in its historian’ SUNDAY TIMES
This book tells the true story of the Battle of Arnhem which was fought in September 1944.
Nine thousand men of the F…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474626354 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1474626351 |
| Author: | Christopher Hibbert |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 28 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 24mm |
| Series: | GREAT BATTLES |
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Critics Review
Perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have– TES
Finely recorded…truly the battle of Arnhem has been fortunate in its historian * SUNDAY TIMES *Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have * TES *Clear-sighted, well-written and scrupulously fair … it deserves to stand with the best of the battle chronicles * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
About The Author
Christopher Hibbert
Christopher Hibbert was educated at Radley and Oxford. He served as an infantry officer during the war, was twice wounded and was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. Described by Professor J.H. Plumb as a writer of the highest ability, he is, in the words of The Times Educational Supplement ‘perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have’. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. D. Litt of Leicester University.
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