Blitz - The Story of 29 December 1940

Informationen zum Autor M. J. Gaskin is a journalist! critic! historian and editor. She studied for her History and Politics degree at Queen Mary College in London's East End and has lived in the capital most of her life! except for a few years as Publications Editor of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Klappentext A quiet Sunday teatime and! in London! clerks and draper's assistants! canteen ladies! caretakers! architects and clerics join firefighters and wardens preparing to protect their 'Square Mile' through the night. This book shows how Americans agonized over the cost of aiding Britain's struggle against the Nazis - and the cost of letting her fall. Blitz: The Story of 29 December 1940 by Margaret Gaskin is a stunningly vivid and immediate work of historical storytelling, telling the true story of 'the second great fire of London.' Zusammenfassung A quiet Sunday teatime and, in London, clerks and draper's assistants, canteen ladies, caretakers, architects and clerics join firefighters and wardens preparing to protect their 'Square Mile' through the night. This book shows how Americans agonized over the cost of aiding Britain's struggle against the Nazis - and the cost of letting her fall.

Product details

• Authors: M. J. Gaskin, Margaret Gaskin, Gaskin Margaret
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2005
• EAN: 9780571217946
• ISBN: 978-0-571-21794-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 241 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, Second World War, 1939-1945, Cities; Heroes; Nazi Germany; WWII, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General