Twenty-One by James Holland
The second World War affected the lives of ordinary men and women more directly than any other conflict before or since. This book presents a look at the lives of twenty-one young men who answered their country's call to arms and left their homes and loved ones to fight in often unfamiliar and far-reaching corners of the globe.
Praise for Together We Stand : '.. remarkable ... The author will surely have a lot more to write about the Second World War. We can be confident it will be worth reading.' Sunday Telegraph, Max Hastings 'Holland has produced a wonderful book whose pace!never seems to flag ! he is a master at evoking time and place, with haunting descriptions of the desert landscape ! If there is a better book on the North African campaign, I haven't read it.' Daily Telegraph, Saul David 'Using personal testimony and private memoirs as effectively as official archives, he recreates the hardships and challenges faced by ordinary soldiers and reassesses the tactical and strategic innovations that finally gave the allies the upper hand.' Sunday Times 'Vividly, intelligently, movingly, Holland's monumental chronicle tells it like it was.' Mail on Sunday, Patrick Bishop
James Holland was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and studied history at Durham University. He has worked for several London publishing houses and has written for a number of national newspapers and magazines. He is the author of Fortress Malta: An Island Under Siege, 1940-1943, and a novel, The Burning Blue. Married with a son, he lives near Salisbury.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007213801 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007213808 |
| Title | Twenty-One |
| Author | James Holland |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2006-05-02 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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