Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross
$57.46
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2011
Summary
Extraordinary accounts of heroism and the servicemen who earned the Victoria Cross
“It wasn’t until after he was safely back in the aircraft again that I heard that he’d actually been out on the wing to try to put the fire out … Remember that we were flying at about 90 miles an hour at a height of 13,000 feet”
- Squadron Leader RP Widdowson on Sergeant James Ward, who earned his VC in 1941
The Victoria Cross, awarded to the most courageous and determined ser…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091938178 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0091938171 |
| Author: | Roderick Bailey, The Imperial War Museum |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2011 |
| Weight: | 271g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Forgotten Voices |
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Critics Review
This profound study by Roderick Bailey goes a long way to identifying the common characteristics of the bravest of the brave … Here is a testament to what is good about humankind against the backdrop of what can be the worst. The abiding thought with which the reader is left is one of hope; that adversity can indeed bring out the best in us. These “Forgotten Voices” are eloquent in proclaiming this enduring truth – General Sir Richard Dannatt, from the IntroductionA significant and important book … Over the last 45 years I have read hundreds of VC books but this volume has a unique place because of the “voices” of the VCs themselves … Highly recommended and should be read by anyone with an interest in the VC * Victoria Cross Society *
About The Author
Roderick Bailey
Roderick Bailey is a historian attached to the Imperial War Museum. A graduate of Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities and a former Alistair Horne Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford, he is the author of Forgotten Voices of D-Day, Forgotten Voices of the Secret War, which was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, and the acclaimed The Wildest Province- SOE in the Land of the Eagle.
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