Vimy

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE J.W. DAFOE BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA’S NATIONAL AWARD FOR CANADIAN NON-FICTIONFINALIST FOR THE TEMPLER MEDAL BOOK PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE OTTAWA BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTIONPraise for Vimy: “There is no one better equipped to retell the Vimy story than Cook.” —The Chronicle Herald“Through this book, Cook … cements himself as the nation’s premier military historian.” —The Vancouver SunPraise for At the Sharp End:“Provides an intimate look at the Canadian men who fought in World War One…. An engrossing, moving experience.” —The London Free PressPraise for Shock Troops: “Cook has written what will surely be the definitive history of the Canadian Army in the First World War.” —Edmonton JournalPraise for The Madman and the Butcher:”[A] masterful book.” —Maclean’s“In The Madman and the Butcher, [Cook] tells at least two stories that deserve that overused word ‘epic’…. An emotive writer…. He has a playwright’s ear for knowing when to let his subjects speak for themselves.” —The Globe and Mail

TIM COOKis Chief Historian and Director of Research at the Canadian War Museum. His bestselling books have won multiple awards, including three Ottawa Book Awards for Literary Non-Fiction and two C.P. Stacey Awards for the best book in Canadian military history. In 2008 he won the J.W. Dafoe Prize forAt the Sharp Endand again in 2018 forVimy-The Battle and the Legend.Shock Troopswon the 2009 RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Cook is a frequent commentator in the media, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the Order of Canada.

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