The Long Day's Dying [electronic resource] : WW2 Commando Missions Series, Book 1
White, Alan2021
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Three commandos. Cut off. Surrounded. Desperate. Adapted for the screen by Peter Collinson in 1968, winner of the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. They were three soldiers, on watch in the French countryside, their base a disused barn. Three ordinary men seconded into the horrors of World War II, each with his own ideals, his own feelings, his own fears. Their task was a nightmare of waiting. German forces were stationed over the brow of a hill, and every moment of every day passed in nerve-shattering anticipation of their first clash. When the clash finally came, it was not merely a battle of force and brutality but a complex and murderous struggle between the cunning and ruthlessness of both sides... The Long Day's Dying is a novel that portrays the horror, the waste, the tension and the terror of war with a passionate realism. The book is a classic; once taken up, it cannot be put down; once read, it will never be forgotten. Praise for The Long Day's Dying 'Extraordinarily powerful ... at times harrowing but always gripping. Its authenticity and credibility is rooted in the experience of the author, who led a commando unit in Occupied Europe during the Second World War. The story draws on his experiences in an unflinching manner, turning the fields, hills and hedgerows of the front line into the stage for a drama of the most compelling kind' Alex Gerlis, author of Prince of Spies 'A war novel that invokes the classical unities of time and action... A gripping read' Sunday Times 'I think it's the best thing of its kind I've ever read. I literally couldn't put it down' Leslie Charteris, author of The Saint novels 'A tense and convincing fragment of war' Observer 'Fiercely authentic... a short, concentrated bark of a story' Sunday Telegraph
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Author:
White, Alan, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Canelo, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
WW2 Commando Missions
Biography/History:
Alan White's brilliant war novels have the authenticity born of personal experience. As leader of a commando unit in World War II, he made more than a dozen operational jumps into Occupied Europe. He also fought in North Africa. After the war he joined the BBC and enjoyed a wide-ranging media career including the role of White House correspondent in the US. He has written over forty novels.
ISBN:
9781800321922
Language:
English
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BRN:
370913