{"product_id":"9781250134936","title":"Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy : How the Allies Won on D-Day","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSoldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Giles Milton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe international bestselling historian and host of the Unknown History podcast presents a ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown and unheralded members of the Allied—and Axis—forces.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than seventy-five years have passed since D-Day, the greatest seaborne invasion in history. The outcome of the Second World War hung in the balance on that chill June morning. If Allied forces succeeded in gaining a foothold in northern France, the road to victory would be open. But if the Allies could be driven back into the sea, the invasion would be stalled for years, perhaps forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn epic battle that involved 156,000 men, 7,000 ships and 20,000 armored vehicles, the desperate struggle that unfolded on June 6th, 1944 was, above all, a story of individual heroics—of men who were driven to keep fighting until the German defenses were smashed and the precarious beachheads secured. This authentic human story—Allied, German, French—has never fully been told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiles Milton’s bold new history narrates the day’s events through the tales of survivors from all sides: the teenage Allied conscript, the crack German defender, the French resistance fighter. From the military architects at Supreme Headquarters to the young schoolboy in the Wehrmacht’s bunkers, \u003ci\u003eSoldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy\u003c\/i\u003e lays bare the absolute terror of those trapped in the front line of Operation Overlord. It also gives voice to those who have hitherto remained unheard—the French butcher’s daughter, the Panzer Commander’s wife, the chauffeur to the General Staff.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis vast canvas of human bravado reveals “the longest day” as never before—less as a masterpiece of strategic planning than a day on which thousands of scared young men found themselves staring death in the face. It is drawn in its entirety from the raw, unvarnished experiences of those who were there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes Maps and Black-and-White Photographs \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Earns its place in a crowded field by bringing a \u003cb\u003ecompletely fresh, very human approach\u003c\/b\u003e to the largest amphibious landing in history, telling stories from the American, British, French and German perspectives. It has \u003cb\u003ea wonderful immediacy and vitality—living history in every sense.”\u003c\/b\u003e —Anthony Horowitz, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the Alex Rider Adventure series, in the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  “The day is narrated in a symphony of surviving voices – a teenage Allied conscript, a French resistance fighter, a butcher’s daughter – placing the reader\u003cb\u003e in the heat of the action.”\u003c\/b\u003e  —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A labor of love and respect\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Milton's writing is often \u003cb\u003evivid \u003c\/b\u003e. . . Readers will . . . be thrilled and moved by this sweeping mosaic.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  “Vivid, graphic and moving.” —\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  “Stirring and unsettling in equal measure, this is \u003cb\u003ehistory writing at its most powerful.”\u003c\/b\u003e —\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eChurchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Milton is a meticulous researcher and masterful storyteller. \u003ci\u003eChurchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e, with its ghastly details and dollops of droll British humor, will reward readers who appreciate military history and good writing.”—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003e(3.5 star out of 4)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A rousing historical romp.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Milton has a rare ability--a talent for sifting fine pearls from faraway sands and transmuting the merely arcane into little literary gems.” —\u003ci\u003eSimon Winchester, Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A rousing account–and celebration–of World War II’s most insidious and devious heroes.”\u003ci\u003e—The Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An exciting, suspenseful tale of international intrigue.”\u003ci\u003e—Kirkus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Impressive . . . [an] entertaining history of spectacular, often nasty derring-do by real-life secret agents.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Giles Milton's research is impeccable and his narrative reads in part like a modern-day Robert Louis Stevenson novel.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Deftly and arrestingly captures the sorry history of the European lust for nutmeg and its devastating impact on the Spice Islands....Milton is a storyteller of the first rank.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250134936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40819065553102,"sku":"9781250134936","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_93808e15-fb68-4cae-9922-90f0035d19d2.jpg?v=1642922402","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250134936","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}