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Finest Hour: The bestselling story of the Battle of Britain
Tim Clayton
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Description for Finest Hour: The bestselling story of the Battle of Britain
Paperback. The classic bestseller on the Battle of Britain, revised and updated. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330.
Seventy years ago, as Hitler's army continued its relentless advance across Europe, Britain - a country ill-prepared for war - faced its darkest hour.Acclaimed as 'Brilliant' by the Daily Mail and 'Compelling' by the Telegraph, Finest Hour recreates the terror, tragedy and triumph of the Battle of Britain through the testimony of the very men and women who were there. Taken from the diaries, letters and memoirs of those who survived it - and those who lost their lives - Finest Hour creates a powerful and incisive account of the events of 1940. Containing individual accounts of love and loss ... Read more
Seventy years ago, as Hitler's army continued its relentless advance across Europe, Britain - a country ill-prepared for war - faced its darkest hour.Acclaimed as 'Brilliant' by the Daily Mail and 'Compelling' by the Telegraph, Finest Hour recreates the terror, tragedy and triumph of the Battle of Britain through the testimony of the very men and women who were there. Taken from the diaries, letters and memoirs of those who survived it - and those who lost their lives - Finest Hour creates a powerful and incisive account of the events of 1940. Containing individual accounts of love and loss ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444710199
SKU
V9781444710199
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-10
About Tim Clayton
Phil Craig is a best selling author and multiple-award-winning film-maker. He studied history at Cambridge university, was a BBC graduate trainee and built his career working for iconic British TV series World in Action and Panorama. Later he held senior positions at the prestigious Brook Lapping production company, at Channel Four, at the Discovery Channel and at ABC Television ... Read more
Reviews for Finest Hour: The bestselling story of the Battle of Britain
Brilliant ... This highly informative, moving series should form part of the National Curriculum.
Daily Mail
Beautifully made ... Achingly vivid.
Guardian
Compelling ... Mesmerizing stuff.
Sunday Telegraph
Manages to construct the tale in such a way that it breaks free of the text-book approach to transfix the viewer completely; the archive footage, the ... Read more
Daily Mail
Beautifully made ... Achingly vivid.
Guardian
Compelling ... Mesmerizing stuff.
Sunday Telegraph
Manages to construct the tale in such a way that it breaks free of the text-book approach to transfix the viewer completely; the archive footage, the ... Read more