| Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture Contributor(s): Pugh, Leighton (Read by), Levine, Joshua (Author), Keeble, Jonathan (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1538453681 ISBN-13: 9781538453681 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - Naval - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 6.7" (0.25 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: New York Times Bestseller The epic true story of Dunkirk--now a major motion picture, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, and Mark Rylance In 1940, the Allies had been beaten back by the Nazis across France to the northern port of Dunkirk. In the ultimate race against time, more than 300,000 Allied soldiers were daringly evacuated across the Channel. This moment of German aggression was used by Winston Churchill as a call to Franklin Roosevelt to enter the war. Now, Joshua Levine, the film's official historian, explores the real lives of those soldiers, bombed and strafed on the beaches for days on end, without food or ammunition; the civilians whose boats were overloaded; the airmen who risked their lives to buy their companions on the ground precious time; and those who did not escape. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pugh, Leighton: - Leighton Pugh trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art after studying modern languages at Queen's College, Oxford. He has narrated audiobooks for Penguin, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Random House, Hachette, and Quercus. His radio work includes the plays Murder by the Book and Scenes from Provincial Life for BBC Radio 4 and the voice of Heinrich von Kleist in the BBC Radio 3 documentary The Tragical Adventure of Heinrich von Kleist. From 2010-2011 he was in four productions at the National Theatre, including The Habit of Art and A Woman Killed with Kindness. Levine, Joshua: -Joshua Levine is the author of several works of popular military history, including Forgotten Voices of the Somme, Forgotten Voices of Dunkirk, and The Secret History of the Blitz. On a Wing and a Prayer, his history of the pilots of the First World War, has been turned into a major British television documentary. He lives in London. Keeble, Jonathan: -Jonathan Keeble, winner of four AudioFile Earphones Awards, combines his audio work with a busy theater and television career. He has been featured in over six hundred radio plays for the BBC, appearing in everything from Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes to Doctor Who and The Archers, in which he played the evil Owen. As an Earphones Award-winning narrator, he is in high demand for his voice work. He has recorded over two hundred audiobooks. |