Berlin: The Downfall 1945: The Number One Bestseller
Autor Antony Beevoren Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 oct 2007
'Recounts, in harrowing detail and with formidable skill, the brutal death-throes of Hitler's Reich at the hands of the rampaging Red Army'Boyd Tonkin,Independent
'An irresistibly compelling narrative, of events so terrible that they still have the power to provoke wonder and awe'Adam Sisman,Observer
The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructors rammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality. The result was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known, with tanks crushing refugee columns under their tracks, mass rape, pillage and destruction. Hundreds of thousands of women and children froze to death or were massacred because Nazi Party chiefs, refusing to face defeat, had forbidden the evacuation of civilians. Over seven million fled westwards from the terror of the Red Army.
Antony Beevor reconstructs the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse, telling a terrible story of pride, stupidity, fanaticism, revenge and savagery - but also one of astonishing endurance, self-sacrifice and survival against all odds.
'Makes us feel the chaos and the fear as if every drop of blood was our own . . . compellingly readable, deeply researched, and beautifully written'Simon Sebag Montefiore,Spectator
'Brilliant. Combines a soldier's understanding of war's realities with a novelist's eye for detail'Orlando Figes,Sunday Times
'Startling, chilling, compelling. Beevor's writing burns like a torch at night in a landscape of ruins'Literary Review
'Powerful, diligently researched and beautifully written . . . even better thanStalingrad'Andrew Roberts,Mail on Sunday
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141032399
ISBN-10: 0141032391
Pagini: 560
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141032391
Pagini: 560
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Antony
Beevoris
the
author
ofCrete:
The
Battle
and
the
Resistance(Runciman
Prize),Stalingrad(Samuel
Johnson
Prize,
Wolfson
Prize
for
History
and
Hawthornden
Prize),Berlin:
The
Downfall,The
Battle
for
Spain(Premio
La
Vanguardia),D-Day:
The
Battle
for
Normandy(Prix
Henry
Malherbe
and
the
RUSI
Westminster
Medal),The
Second
World
War,
Ardennes
1944(Prix
Médicis
shortlist)
andArnhem.The
number
one
bestselling
historian
in
Britain,
Beevor's
books
have
appeared
in
thirty-three
languages
and
have
sold
over
eight
million
copies.
A
former
chairman
of
the
Society
of
Authors,
he
has
received
a
number
of
honorary
doctorates.
He
is
also
a
visiting
professor
at
the
University
of
Kent
and
an
Honorary
Fellow
of
King's
College,
London.
He
was
knighted
in
2017.
Recenzii
Fascinating,
extraordinary,
gripping
A masterpiece of modern historical writing
This brilliant storyteller makes us feel the chaos and the fear as if every drop of blood was our own. It is much more than just a humane account; it is compellingly readable, deeply researched, and beautifully written
A masterpiece of modern historical writing
This brilliant storyteller makes us feel the chaos and the fear as if every drop of blood was our own. It is much more than just a humane account; it is compellingly readable, deeply researched, and beautifully written