The Village that Died for England
Tyneham and the Legend of Churchill's Pledge
$42.05
- Paperback
650 pages
- Release Date
5 October 2021
Summary
A reissue of Patrick Wright’s 1995 classic about the military takeover of the village of Tyneham, with a new introduction taking in Brexit and a new wave of British nationalism.
Shortly before Christmas in 1943, the British military announced they were taking over a remote valley on the Dorset coast and turning it into a firing range for tanks in preparation for D-Day. The residents of the village of Tyneham loyally packed up their things and filed out of their homes into temporary ac…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913462529 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1913462528 |
| Author: | Patrick Wright |
| Publisher: | Watkins Media Limited |
| Imprint: | Repeater Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 650 |
| Release Date: | 5 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 135mm x 216mm |
Critics Review
“Sensational… I don’t think I have read a better book about this country.”
“Wright is, as ever, a finder, a noticer, a powerful sustainer of argument.”
“For Wright, detail is everything, and he clambers over the locked gates and barbed wire fences to discover a ‘deep England’ of eccentric squires, quasi-fascistic communes and neolithic pathways.”
Patrick Wright
Patrick Wight is Emeritus Professor of Literature, Culture and Politics at King’s College, London. His books include The Village that Died for England, A Journey Through Ruins, and Tank: The Progress of a Monstrous War Machine.
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