D-day the Battle for Normandy
From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Can...
| Main Author: | Beevor, Antony, 1946- |
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| Other Authors: | Vance, Simon. |
| Format: | Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook |
| Language: | English |
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[New York] :
Books on Tape,
2009.
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| Summary: |
From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting. |
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| Item Description: |
Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 19:53:35. |
| Playing Time: |
19:53:35 |
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Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 285863 KB; MP3 file size: 560242 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: |
9781415967317 1415967318 |
| Author Notes: |
His works have received awards including the Runciman Prize, the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History, and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature. The French government made him a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1997, and in 2008 the president of Estonia awarded him the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana. In 1999 Beevor was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He received the 2014 Pritzker Military Museum and Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. In 2015 he made The New Zealand Best Seller List with his title Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble. (Bowker Author Biography) |