The start of a new series from Iain Gale, author of Four Days in June, Alamein, and the Jakc Steel series.
There are some battles that change the course of history: Alamein is one of those.
In October 1942, Britain and its allies were in real difficulties: Germany and its Axis partners seemed to be triumphant everywhere - in Europe, in Russia, in the Atlantic and were now poised to take the Suez Canal. It was in North Africa that the stand was made, that the tide of World War Two began to turn.
It was a battle of strong characters: the famous battle commander Rommel and the relatively untested new British commander, Montgomery, leading men who fought through an extraordinary eleven day battle, in an unforgiving terrain, amid the swirling sandstorms and the desert winds.
Iain Gale, author of the outstanding historical novel Four Days in June on the battle of Waterloo, tells the dramatic story through seven characters, almost all based on real people. Drawn from both sides of the conflict, they include a major from a Scottish brigade, the young lieutenant in the thick of the tank battle, the Australian sergeant with the infantry, the tank commander of the Panzer Division and the charismatic Italian commander of a parachute battalion. Through them and others we see the flow of battle, the strategies, the individual actions and skirmishes, the fear, the determination, the extraordinary courage on both sides.
© 2010 HarperCollins (Ljudbok): 9780007357529
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 15 april 2010
The start of a new series from Iain Gale, author of Four Days in June, Alamein, and the Jakc Steel series.
There are some battles that change the course of history: Alamein is one of those.
In October 1942, Britain and its allies were in real difficulties: Germany and its Axis partners seemed to be triumphant everywhere - in Europe, in Russia, in the Atlantic and were now poised to take the Suez Canal. It was in North Africa that the stand was made, that the tide of World War Two began to turn.
It was a battle of strong characters: the famous battle commander Rommel and the relatively untested new British commander, Montgomery, leading men who fought through an extraordinary eleven day battle, in an unforgiving terrain, amid the swirling sandstorms and the desert winds.
Iain Gale, author of the outstanding historical novel Four Days in June on the battle of Waterloo, tells the dramatic story through seven characters, almost all based on real people. Drawn from both sides of the conflict, they include a major from a Scottish brigade, the young lieutenant in the thick of the tank battle, the Australian sergeant with the infantry, the tank commander of the Panzer Division and the charismatic Italian commander of a parachute battalion. Through them and others we see the flow of battle, the strategies, the individual actions and skirmishes, the fear, the determination, the extraordinary courage on both sides.
© 2010 HarperCollins (Ljudbok): 9780007357529
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 15 april 2010
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Adrian
2 mars 2021
Spoiled by the narrator's hideous attempts at accents, but otherwise interesting.
J B
29 sep. 2021
Although the author claim the book to be well researcher and based mostly on personal accounts from People actually being there, the form of drama documentary does not work here. Probably because the author description and style of story telling. Mane scenes are predictable and somewhat infested with gore.The narrators attempt to imitate a wide selektion of english based accents does not contribute either.And some conclussions made is uninformed.Never the less, personal accounts from historical value of its own and informativ if listened to with a rad bit of critical stance.
Mina
25 sep. 2019
Har nu lyssnar igenom den igen och det är en riktigt bra bok, som det gapas i ibland..
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