From the City, From the Plough

Alexander Baron · Alan Jeffreys

5/2019 · Imperial War Museum Wartime Classics 1. kniha · Imperial War Museum

Táto e‑kniha

January 1944, the south coast of England. The Fifth Battalion, Wessex Regiment wait patiently and nervously for the order to embark. There is boredom and fear, comedy and pathos as the men - all drawn from different walk of life - await their order to move. With an economy of language that belies its emotional impact, From the City, From the Plough is a vivid and moving account of the fate of these men as they embark for Normandy and advance into France, where the battalion suffers devestating casulaties.

O autorovi

Alexander Baron (1917-1999) was a British author and screenwriter. Widely acclaimed in his lifetime, he wrote several other novels, as well as Hollywood film scripts and screenplays for the BBC. Alan Jeffreys is a curator at the Imperial War Museum and is an expert on tactics and training for jungle warfare and the British Army in the Far East during World War II.