Cornelius Ryan

Broschiertes Buch

Longest Day

The Classic Epic of D Day

Beschreibung

This classic bestseller--back in print to coincide with the 50th anniversary of D-Day--offers a brilliant, authentic, gripping account of the hours that preceded and followed the Allied invasion of Normandy. "Fifty years from now the history of D-Day, I am sure, will lean heavily on this book".--John Toland, New York Times Book Review.

Autor

Cornelius Ryan was born in 1920 in Dublin, Ireland, where he was raised. He became one of the preeminent war correspondents of his time, flying fourteen bombing missions with the Eighth and Ninth US Air Forces and covering the D-Day landings and the advance of General Patton’s Third Army across France and Germany. After the end of hostilities in Europe, he covered the Pacific War. In addition to his classic works The Longest Day, The Last Battle, and A Bridge Too Far, he is the author of numerous other books, which have appeared throughout the world in nineteen languages. Awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government in 1973, Mr. Ryan was hailed at that time by Malcolm Muggeridge as “perhaps the most brilliant reporter now alive.” He died in 1976.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780671890919
• ISBN-10: 0671890913
• Artikelnr.: 21420784