To Lose a Battle: France 1940

Alistair Horne

Dec 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by John Lee

About this audiobook

In 1940, the German army fought and won an extraordinary battle with France in six weeks of lightning warfare. With the subtlety and compulsion of a novel, Horne's narrative shifts from minor battlefield incidents to high military and political decisions, stepping far beyond the confines of military history to form a major contribution to our understanding of the crises of the Franco-German rivalry.

About the author

Alistair Horne is the author of over twenty books on history and politics, including A Savage War of Peace, The Price of Glory, and the official biography of British prime minister Harold Macmillan. He was awarded the French Legion d'Honneur in 1993 and received a knighthood in 2003 for his work on French history.

John Lee has read audiobooks in almost every conceivable genre, from Charles Dickens to Patrick O'Brian, and from the very real life of Napoleon to the entirely imagined lives of sorcerers and swashbucklers. An AudioFile Golden Voice narrator, he is the winner of numerous Audie Awards and AudioFile Earphones Awards.