Author: Geoffrey Grimshaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ocean liners
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat into Victory
Author: Michael Korda
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1631491334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
A BBC History Best Book of the Year One of the most miraculous military rescue missions in modern history comes alive in this “superb and panoramic” (Washington Post) account of Dunkirk. No one can evince the drama of what actually happened at Dunkirk in the year 1940 with as “great narrative skill and superb delineation” (David McCullough) as Michael Korda, the historian and legendary book editor. As dramatized in Christopher Nolan’s film Dunkirk, May 1940 was a month like no other: Germany’s war machine blazed into France, the impregnable Maginot Line crumbled, and Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister as Britain, isolated and alone, faced a triumphant Nazi Germany. Against this vast canvas, best-selling author Michael Korda relates his own personal story, “by turns charming, powerful and poignant” (Minneapolis Star Tribune): that of a six-year-old boy from a glamorous movie family who would himself be evacuated. Weaving together “eyewitness detail and a fine sense of drama” (Boston Globe) to form an epic of remarkable originality, Alone movingly captures a moment of historic triumph—when an unlikely flotilla of destroyers brought 300,000 men home to safety.
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1631491334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
A BBC History Best Book of the Year One of the most miraculous military rescue missions in modern history comes alive in this “superb and panoramic” (Washington Post) account of Dunkirk. No one can evince the drama of what actually happened at Dunkirk in the year 1940 with as “great narrative skill and superb delineation” (David McCullough) as Michael Korda, the historian and legendary book editor. As dramatized in Christopher Nolan’s film Dunkirk, May 1940 was a month like no other: Germany’s war machine blazed into France, the impregnable Maginot Line crumbled, and Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister as Britain, isolated and alone, faced a triumphant Nazi Germany. Against this vast canvas, best-selling author Michael Korda relates his own personal story, “by turns charming, powerful and poignant” (Minneapolis Star Tribune): that of a six-year-old boy from a glamorous movie family who would himself be evacuated. Weaving together “eyewitness detail and a fine sense of drama” (Boston Globe) to form an epic of remarkable originality, Alone movingly captures a moment of historic triumph—when an unlikely flotilla of destroyers brought 300,000 men home to safety.
Steamers of the Thames and Medway
Author: Frank Burtt
Publisher:
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Category : River boats
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : River boats
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A Bibliography of Works Relating to Scotland, 1916-1950
Author: P. D. Hancock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A Catalog of Books Represented by Library of Congress Printed Cards Issued to July 31, 1942
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Handbook of the Collections Illustrating Merchant Steamers and Motor-ships
Author: Hereward Philip Spratt
Publisher:
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Category : Motor-ships
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motor-ships
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering International
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Thames and Medway Pleasure Steamers from 1935
Author: Andrew Gladwell
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445624125
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Evoking memories of the steamers that once took thousands on their trips to the coastal resorts of Kent and Essex, Andrew Gladwell brings together a fascinating selection of images and ephemera of these now-lost vessels.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445624125
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Evoking memories of the steamers that once took thousands on their trips to the coastal resorts of Kent and Essex, Andrew Gladwell brings together a fascinating selection of images and ephemera of these now-lost vessels.
The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
The English Catalogue of Books ...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Proceedings
Author: Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mechanical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mechanical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description