The dramatic retelling of one of the most daring, extraordinary and outrageous raids of WW2 by one of the UK's most talented young historians
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning
historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of
best-selling histories including most recently Brothers In Arms and
Normandy '44, he is also the author of ten works of fiction and a
dozen Ladybird Experts.
He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival
which is now in its twelfth year, and he has presented - and
written - many television programmes and series for the BBC,
Channel 4, National Geographic and the History and Discovery
channels.
With Al Murray, he has a successful Second World War podcast, We
Have Ways of Making You Talk, which also has its own festival, and
is a research fellow at St Andrew's University and a Fellow of the
Royal Historical Society. He can be found on Twitter as @James1940
and on Instagram as @jamesholland1940.
In his previous books... Holland combined a lively style with fresh
insights based on deep historical research. Those qualities shine
through this new account
*Literary Review*
Though it is such a well-known story, it has never been told in
such depth before. James Holland has mastered every detail
*Daily Mail*
Holland tells the story with gusto and pace... he has truly and
brilliantly plugged an enormous gap
*Mail on Sunday*
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