Description
A vivid picture of human endeavour at a moment of great crisis in World War Two - from the authors of the highly acclaimed THE FINEST HOUR.
About the Author
Phil Craig: Phil Craig, the creator of the Finest Hour TV series, is a distinguished independent producer of political and historical documentaries., Tim Clayton: Tim Clayton has written extensively on nineteenth and twentieth-century cultural history. He is a producer on the Finest Hour series.
Reviews
This is a splendid book, well worth reading along with official histories, for it puts many of the facts into the experiences of ordinary men and women caught up in an unwanted but neccessary war. * Yorkshire Gazette & Herald *
An impressive range of interviews with survivors. Their "you are there" technique works powerfully in conveying the gut-wrenching fear of facing Rommel in the turet of a tank, or trying to evade a Stuka attack while manoeuvring an ammunition-packed merchantman en route to beseiged Malta. * The Sunday Times *
They are accomplished listeners and have blended together eyewitness accounts to produce an exciting narrative. * Daily Mail *
Praise for FINEST HOUR: 'Brilliant...should form part of the National Curriculum.' * Daily Mail *
a remarkable story of determined, against-the-odds resistance...you have to search long and hard to find one with this kind of richness in the reporting and craftsmanship in the telling. * Chicago Herald Tribune *
From fighter pilots risking their lives in the skies above England, to squaddies stranded at Dunkirk, to schoolgirls sent abroad to Canada (the book is worth buying just for Bess Walder's account of horror and redemption aboard the City of Benares), this is riveting. * Sunday Express *
Personally compelling and politically revealing. * New York Times *
Compelling...Mesmerising stuff. * Sunday Telegraph *
Book Information
ISBN 9780340766811
Author Phil Craig
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Hodder Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 366g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 129mm * 30mm