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Churchill's Bunker The Secret Headquarters at the Heart of Britain's Victory

Name: Churchill's Bunker
Author: Richard Holmes

Auteur: Richard Holmes

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Richard Holmes

Engels
Paperback
9781846682315
02 juni 2011
272 pagina's

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Richard Holmes

Richard Holmes is the author of The Age of Wonder, which was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, won the Royal Society Prize for Science Books and the National Books Critics Circle Award, and was one of the New York Times Book Review's Best Books of the Year in 2009. Holmes's other books include This Long Pursuit, Footsteps, Sidetracks, Shelley: The Pursuit (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award), Coleridge: Early Visions (winner of the 1989 Whitbread Book of the Year Award), Coleridge: Darker Reflections (a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist), and Dr. Johnson & Mr. Savage (winner of the James Tait Black Prize). He was awarded the OBE in 1992. He lives in England.

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An exploration of one of the important sites in British history, Churchill's bunker. Drawing on a range of material, including first-hand accounts of the people who lived there, it reveals how and why the bunker and its war machine developed; how the inhabitants' lives were transformed; and, how their work led to victory over Nazis.

'This is the room from which I will direct the war,' Churchill declared, shortly after becoming Prime Minister in 1940. It was from these cramped confines that Churchill turned a seemingly inevitable defeat at the hands of the Nazis into a famous victory. Built in 1938 as a temporary refuge in case of air raid attack, this secret bunker became a second home to Churchill - and to large numbers of military personnel and civil servants whose work until now has been largely unsung. Drawing on a fascinating range of original material, including newly available first-hand accounts of the people who lived there, Holmes reveals how and why the bunker and its war machine developed; how the inhabitants' lives were transformed; and how their work led to victory. Elegant and illuminating, Churchill's Bunker is a unique exploration of one of the most important sites in British history.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 02 juni 2011
Aantal pagina's: 272
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Richard Holmes
Hoofduitgeverij: Profile Books Ltd

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Editie: Main
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 128 mm
Product hoogte: 20 mm
Product lengte: 196 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 132 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 197 mm
Verpakking lengte: 22 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 244 g

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EAN: 9781846682315

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Categorieën: Geschiedenis

Europa

Oorlogen

Tweede Wereldoorlog

Militaire geschiedenis

Regio's & Landen

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Taal: Engels
Periode: 20e eeuw
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Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar

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