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Target London
Christy Campbell
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Description for Target London
Paperback. * The stunningly dramatic true story of the threat to London from Nazi Germany's V-rockets, from their inception and invention to their effect on our city streets Num Pages: 544 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 200 x 35. Weight in Grams: 380.
During the darkest days of the Second World War, the Allies listened intently to the messages of the enemy. Every whisper built a picture of the threat to come - weapons that were terrifying in their murderous capabilities.
Target London is the dramatic tale of the inception of the German V-weapons, the Allies' epic race to discover the truth about them and the rockets' effects on the streets of London. Investigative historian Christy Campbell brilliantly interweaves the many strands of this gripping episode. At the heart of this tale is London - the target of Nazi Germany's plan to crush British morale.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349123561
SKU
V9780349123561
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Ref
99-10
About Christy Campbell
Christy Campbell is an award-winning author and journalist who has written more than eight books of contemporary history, including the bestselling Band of Brigands
Reviews for Target London
Detailed and well-researched . . . he has some fascinating material on London's response to this onslaught
Dominic Sandbrook
The Scotsman
The writing is clear and the story compelling
Michael Sherborne
Mail on Sunday
The story is a fascinating blend of drama and symbolism and Campbell has concocted a narrative mix as rich as the ethanol and liquid oxygen cocktail that blasted the V-2 heavenwards
Patrick Bishop
Standpoint
Campbell breaks new ground . . . by combining [the story of Peenemunde] with the story of those on this side of the Channel who tried to chart the rocket scientists' progress through information gleaned from spies, prisoners of war and the code breakers of Bletchley Park . . . an accomplished study
Peter Conradi
The Sunday Times
Campbell conveys these parallel narratives with suspense in a tale that contains numerous twists
Christopher Silvester
Express
This impressively researched yarn takes off like its deadly subjects . . . Campbell deftly unpicks the tangled story that climaxed in 168 deaths in a Woolworth's in New Cross and 500 in The Hague when the RAF tried to take out the V2 launch site.
Tim Birkhead, Independent
Well-researched and digestible . . .
Chris Pavone, Herald
Gripping . . . Investigative historian Campbell writes with the pace and tension of a thriller
Daily Express
This excellent book captures it all. There's a superb account of the codebreakers at Bletchley and the aerial-photograph analysts at Medmenham. Campbell puts it all together beautifully.
Evening Standard (London)
Dominic Sandbrook
The Scotsman
The writing is clear and the story compelling
Michael Sherborne
Mail on Sunday
The story is a fascinating blend of drama and symbolism and Campbell has concocted a narrative mix as rich as the ethanol and liquid oxygen cocktail that blasted the V-2 heavenwards
Patrick Bishop
Standpoint
Campbell breaks new ground . . . by combining [the story of Peenemunde] with the story of those on this side of the Channel who tried to chart the rocket scientists' progress through information gleaned from spies, prisoners of war and the code breakers of Bletchley Park . . . an accomplished study
Peter Conradi
The Sunday Times
Campbell conveys these parallel narratives with suspense in a tale that contains numerous twists
Christopher Silvester
Express
This impressively researched yarn takes off like its deadly subjects . . . Campbell deftly unpicks the tangled story that climaxed in 168 deaths in a Woolworth's in New Cross and 500 in The Hague when the RAF tried to take out the V2 launch site.
Tim Birkhead, Independent
Well-researched and digestible . . .
Chris Pavone, Herald
Gripping . . . Investigative historian Campbell writes with the pace and tension of a thriller
Daily Express
This excellent book captures it all. There's a superb account of the codebreakers at Bletchley and the aerial-photograph analysts at Medmenham. Campbell puts it all together beautifully.
Evening Standard (London)