Finest Hour by Phil Craig
Sixty years ago, as the German army continued its relentless advance across Europe, Britain - a country ill-prepared for war - faced its darkest hour. Published to tie in with the BBCTV series, Finest Hour recreates the terror, the tragedy and the triumph of the Battle of Britain, through the testimony of those who experienced it. Finest Hour is a powerful and incisive account of the events of 1940, told through the voices, diaries, letters and memoirs of the men and women who survived it - and those who lost their lives. These witnesses of war, with their individual stories of grief and joy, of love and of loss, provide revealing and often controversial new insights into the conflicts and the politics of the period.
Brilliant.. This highly informative, moving series should form part of the National Curriculum. - Daily MailBeautifully made ... Achingly vivid. - GuardianCompelling ... Mesmerizing stuff. - Sunday TelegraphManages to construct the tale in such a way that it breaks free of the text-book approach to transfix the viewer completely; the archive footage, the witness testimonies ...of such superior quality and so beautifully shot that the whole is fresh and absorbing ... Compiled with a pace that could put a lot of thrillers to shame, the result is television at its very best. - Time OutA wonderful oral history of Great Britain during the Dunkirk evacuation and the Battle of Britain in the tradition of Stephan Ambrose; recommended for all collections. - US Library JournalFrom fighter-pilots risking their lives in the skies above England, to squaddies stranded at Dunkirk, to schoolgirls sent abroad to Canada (the book is worth buying just for Bess Walder's account of horror and redemption aboard the City of Benares), this is riveting. - Sunday Express
Tim Clayton is a former research fellow at Worcester College, Oxford, and the author of numerous articles and books, including The English Print 1688-1802. He has also worked as a writer and producer of television documentaries, including Voices in the Dark, a film about the historian Carlo Ginzburg.Phil Craig, a classmate of Clayton's at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, is a producer of television documentaries, including Hostage. Clayton and Craig have collaborated on the television series Finest Hour, a Brook Lapping production for BBC Television.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340750414 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340750413 |
| Title | Finest Hour |
| Author | Phil Craig |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 1999-11-18 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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