Rick Atkinson
The Day Of Battle
The War in Sicily and Italy 1943-44
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'A triumph of narrative history, elegantly written, thick with unforgettable description and rooted in the sight and sounds of battle' William Grimes, New York TimesDramatic and authoritative, The Day of Battle continues where the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn left off, this time following the strengthening Allied armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then fight their way north, mile by bloody mile towards Rome.Once underway, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizingly high price, and as the months passed the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. With…
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'A triumph of narrative history, elegantly written, thick with unforgettable description and rooted in the sight and sounds of battle' William Grimes, New York TimesDramatic and authoritative, The Day of Battle continues where the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn left off, this time following the strengthening Allied armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then fight their way north, mile by bloody mile towards Rome.Once underway, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered, despite the agonizingly high price, and as the months passed the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. With the liberation of Rome in June 1944, victory - at last - began to seem inevitable.'Vivid and humane, it is deeply researched' Raleigh Trevelyan, Literary Review'A very fine book . . . Anyone who devoured An Army at Dawn with relish will be delighted with Atkinson's account of the Sicilian and Italian campaign' New York Times Book Review
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-349-11635-8
- EAN: 9780349116358
- Produktnummer: 10855261
- Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 816 S.
- Masse: H19.5 cm x B12.5 cm x D4.3 cm 575 g
- Abbildungen: Section: 16, b/w photos
- Gewicht: 575
Über den Autor
Rick Atkinson is the bestselling author of AN ARMY AT DAWN, THE LONG GRAY LINE, IN THE COMPANY OF SOLDIERS and CRUSADE. His many awards include Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and history. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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