Operation Biting

- THIS IS A STORY NEVER BEFORE COVERED BY COMMERCIAL HISTORY - RETURNING TO THE SUCCESS OF HIS MOST RECENT WW2 NARRATIVES: CHASTISE (50K HBs, 40K PBs) AND OPERATION PEDESTAL (41K HBs, 31K PBs) - HUGE SALES RECORD: All Hell Let Loose - 142k HB, 150k PB Catastrophe - 111k HB, 105k PB Vietnam - 102k HB, 87k PB The Secret War - 84k HB, 84k PB Competition: SAS;Break Point;The Crew;Barbarossa;The Western Front;Enemy at the Gates;Grey Goose of Arnhem;Normandy 44;First Light;The Volunteer;The Second World War;Anglo-Saxons. Antony Beevor;James Holland;Saul David;John Nichol;Ben Macintyre;Ian Kershaw;Laurence Rees;David Price;Jonathan Dimbleby;Marc Morris

About the author

MAX HASTINGS is the author of more than thirty books, many of them about twentieth-century wars, including All Hell Let Loose, Catastrophe, Vietnam and Abyss. In his early years as a correspondent, he reported on eleven conflicts, including Vietnam and the 1973 Yom Kippur and 1982 Falklands wars for BBC TV and newspapers. A former editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph, he has won many awards both for his journalism and books, including Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year, Editor of the Year, together with a Somerset Maugham Prize and two RUSI Westminster Medals. He contributes to The Times, reviews books for the Sunday Times and writes a column for Bloomberg Inc. He and his wife Penny live in West Berkshire where they garden enthusiastically. He has two very grown-up children and two grandchildren.

Product details

• Authors: Max Hastings
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2024
• EAN: 9780008642174
• ISBN: 978-0-00-864217-4
• No. of pages: 362
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; France, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Military intelligence, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), War and defence operations, War & defence operations, HISTORY / Military / Intelligence & Espionage, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater, Normandy: Places of interest