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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (Liberation Trilogy)
Rick Atkinson
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Description for The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (Liberation Trilogy)
Paperback. The magnificent conclusion to Atkinson's monumental and highly acclaimed trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World War. Series: Liberation Trilogy. Num Pages: 896 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 51. Weight in Grams: 642.
In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all - the titanic battle for Western Europe. D-Day marked the commencement of the European war's final campaign, and Atkinson's riveting account of that bold gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows. The brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the disaster that was Market Garden, the horrific Battle of the Bulge, and finally the thrust to the heart of ... Read more
In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all - the titanic battle for Western Europe. D-Day marked the commencement of the European war's final campaign, and Atkinson's riveting account of that bold gamble sets the pace for the masterly narrative that follows. The brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the disaster that was Market Garden, the horrific Battle of the Bulge, and finally the thrust to the heart of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Liberation Trilogy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
896
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349140483
SKU
V9780349140483
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About Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson is the bestselling author of An Army at Dawn (winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history), The Day of Battle, The Long Gray Line, In the Company of Soldiers, and Crusade. His many other awards include two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, the George Polk award, and the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award. He is a former staff writer ... Read more
Reviews for The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (Liberation Trilogy)
As one might expect from a Pulitzer Prize winning author, it is written with verve and panache ... highly recommended Military History Easily the best history of the Second World War in western Europe that I have ever read History Today The Guns at Last Light tells [the story from D-Day to VE-Day] brilliantly ... fascinating Choice Magazine A stirring ... Read more