1942: Britain at the Brink
$46.98
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
20 May 2022
Summary
‘Taylor Downing vividly brings to life a terrible year’ Max Hastings, Sunday Times
‘Taylor Downing is a wonderful historian and a wonderful history communicator.’ Dan Snow, History Hit
Eighty years ago, Britain stood at the brink of defeat. In 1942, a string of military disasters engulfed Britain in rapid succession: the collapse in Malaya; the biggest surrender in British history at Singapore; the passing of three large German w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408713709 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1408713705 |
| Author: | Taylor Downing |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 20 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 262mm x 158mm x 38mm |
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Taylor Downing vividly brings to life a terrible year - Sunday Times
Taylor Downing vividly brings to life a terrible year – Max Hastings * Sunday Times *
Taylor Downing is a wonderful historian and a wonderful history communicator. – Dan Snow * History Hit *
A revealing study… Downing sheds intriguing light on just how close Churchill was to losing his grip on power * Publishers Weekly *
About The Author
Taylor Downing
Taylor Downing is a writer, historian and award-winning television producer. He read History at Cambridge University and worked at the Imperial War Museum and Thames Television before going on to become managing director and head of history at Flashback Television, a leading independent production company. His books include the bestselling Cold War (with Jeremy Isaacs), 1983, Breakdown, Secret Warriors, Night Raid, The World at War, Olympia, Spies in the Sky and Churchill’s War Lab.
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