The Storms Of War

Author : Kate Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1605988685
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Storms of War written by Kate Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the idyllic early summer of 1914, life is good for the de Witt family. Rudolf and Verena are planning the wedding of their daughter Emmeline, while their eldest son, Arthur, is studying in Paris, and Michael is just back from his first term at Cambridge. Celia, the youngest of the de Witt children, is on the brink of adulthood and secretly dreams of escaping her carefully mapped-out future and exploring the world.But the onslaught of war changes everything and soon the de Witts find themselves sidelined and in danger of losing everything they hold dear. As Celia struggles to make sense of the changing world around her, she lies about her age to join the war effort and finds herself embroiled in a complex plot that puts not only herself but those she loves in danger.With gripping detail and brilliant empathy, Kate Williams tells the story of Celia and her family as they are shunned by a society that previously embraced them, torn apart by sorrow, and buffeted and changed by the storms of war.

Author : Andrew Roberts
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062079476
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Storm of War written by Andrew Roberts and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Gripping. . . . splendid history. A brilliantly clear and accessible account of the war in all its theaters. Roberts’s prose is unerringly precise and strikingly vivid. It is hard to imagine a better-told military history of World War II.” –New York Times Book Review Andrew Roberts's acclaimed new history has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. From the western front to North Africa, from the Baltic to the Far East, he tells the story of the war—the grand strategy and the individual experience, the brutality and the heroism—as never before. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, The Storm of War illuminates the war's principal actors, revealing how their decisions shaped the course of the conflict. Along the way, Roberts presents tales of the many lesser-known individuals whose experiences form a panoply of the courage and self-sacrifice, as well as the depravity and cruelty, of the Second World War.

Author : John Harris
Publisher : Canelo + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1800325606
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dunkirk written by John Harris and published by Canelo + ORM. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the miracle on the beaches saved a nation. A gripping account of one of the most famous episodes of the Second World War In May 1940 British and Allied troops on mainland Europe were in a perilous situation: cut off and surrounded, at the conclusion of the bloody Battle of France they faced complete annihilation. It would be a devastating blow, handing Europe to the Nazis. But over a few frantic days, the greatest evacuation in history managed to salvage hope, saving the total destruction of the army and hundreds of thousands of soldiers lives. It was a pivotal and defining moment in the war, one Churchill described as a ‘miracle’ in his ‘we shall fight them on the beaches’ speech. Bestselling author John Harris describes in vivid detail how the evacuation developed on a day-by-day basis, and destroys more than one myth associated with Dunkirk. Packed with authentic atmosphere and first-hand recollections, the retreat and the desperate lifting of the weary British expeditionary force is seen in its tragic but spirited entirety, an epic of courage and confusion without parallel. Perfect for readers of James Holland and Guy Walters.

Author : Victoria Aveyard
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062423010
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War Storm written by Victoria Aveyard and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen series comes to a stunning conclusion in War Storm. VICTORY COMES AT A PRICE. Mare Barrow learned this all too well when Cal’s betrayal nearly destroyed her. Now determined to protect her heart—and secure freedom for Reds and newbloods like her—Mare resolves to overthrow the kingdom of Norta once and for all . . . starting with the crown on Maven’s head. But no battle is won alone, and before the Reds may rise as one, Mare must side with the boy who broke her heart in order to defeat the boy who almost broke her. Cal’s powerful Silver allies, alongside Mare and the Scarlet Guard, prove a formidable force. But Maven is driven by an obsession so deep, he will stop at nothing to have Mare as his own again, even if it means demolish everything—and everyone—in his path. War is coming, and all Mare has fought for hangs in the balance. Will victory be enough to topple the Silver kingdoms? Or will the little lightning girl be forever silenced? In the epic conclusion to Victoria Aveyard’s stunning series, Mare must embrace her fate and summon all her power . . . for all will be tested, but not all will survive. Plus don't miss Realm Breaker! Irresistibly action-packed and full of lethal surprises, this stunning fantasy series from Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Red Queen series, begins where hope is lost and asks: When the heroes have fallen, who will take up the sword?

Author : Kate Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681771829
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Edge of the Fall written by Kate Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Kate Williams, the new novel in The Storms of War trilogy finds young Celia de Witt embracing the Roaring Twenties in postwar London. In the aftermath of the Great War, the De Witt family is struggling to piece together the shattered fragments of their lives. Rudolf and his wife Verena, still reeling from the loss of their second son, don't know how to function in the post-war world. Stoneythorpe Hall has become an empty shell with no servants to ensure its upkeep. Celia, the de Witt's youngest daughter, is still desperate to spread her wings and see more of the world. To escape Stoneythorpe and the painful secrets that lie there, she moves to London and embraces life and love in the Roaring Twenties.

Author : John Barnes
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429970669
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mother of Storms written by John Barnes and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the middle of the Pacific, a gigantic hurricane accidentally triggered by nuclear explosions spawns dozens more in its wake. A world linked by a virtual-reality network experiences the devastation first hand, witnessing the death of civilization as we know it and the violent birth of an emerging global consciousness. Vast in scope, yet intimate in personal detail, Mother of Storms is a visionary fusion of cutting-edge cyberspace fiction and heart-stopping storytelling in the grand tradition, filled with passion, tragedy, and the triumph of the human spirit. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Ernst Junger
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0143108255
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Storm of Steel written by Ernst Junger and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great war memoirs, published here in a stunning Deluxe Edition for the centenary of World War I and the Battle of the Somme—and featuring a foreword by the New York Times bestselling author of Matterhorn A worldwide bestseller published shortly after the end of World War I, Storm of Steel is a memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism. It illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war, as seen through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier. Young, tough, patriotic, but also disturbingly self-aware, Ernst Jünger exulted in the Great War, which he saw not just as a great national conflict but also—more importantly—as a unique personal struggle. Leading raiding parties, defending trenches against murderous British incursions, simply enduring as shells tore his comrades apart, Jünger keeps testing himself, braced for the death that will mark his failure. His account is ripe for rediscovery upon the centennial of the Battle of the Somme—a major set piece in Storm of Steel—and a bracing read for fans of Redeployment and American Sniper. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Wilmer A. Plate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940136233
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Storm Clouds of War written by Wilmer A. Plate and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-25 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a long way for Wilmer Plate, from piloting a two-seater off a grass strip in Crane, Texas, to serving as an aircraft commander of a B-24 heavy bomber on a combat mission over Oldenburg, Germany, on May 30, 1944 with the lives of ten men depending on him. Wilmer Plate has not written a history book, he has painted a picture of life as it was for ordinary people faced with extraordinary challenges--Back cover.

Author : Lowell B. Graham
Publisher : Binding of the Blade
ISBN 13 : 9780875527215
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bringer of Storms written by Lowell B. Graham and published by Binding of the Blade. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Wylla rules Enthanin and civil war rages in Kirthanin, an even greater threat emerges from the subterranean lair of Malek.

Author : Kate Williams
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781443454612
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Storms of War written by Kate Williams and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The queen of historical fiction.” —The Guardian For fans of Downton Abbey, Atonement and Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong, the powerful first novel in a series about a privileged British family whose idyllic world is shattered during the First World War “Hard to put down. . . . Gripping, thoughtful, heartbreaking, and, above all, human.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In the idyllic early summer of 1914, life is good for the de Witt family. Rudolf and Verena are planning their daughter Emmeline’s wedding, while their eldest son, Arthur, is studying in Paris, and Michael is back from his first term at Cambridge. Celia, the youngest de Witt, is on the brink of adulthood and secretly dreams of escaping her carefully mapped-out future. But the onslaught of war changes everything, and the de Witts find themselves in danger of losing all they have. As Celia struggles to make sense of the changing world around her, she lies about her age to join the war effort and finds herself embroiled in a complex plot that puts not only her but those she loves in peril. With cinematic scope and pitch-perfect detail, New York Times–bestselling author Kate Williams tells the unforgettable story of Celia and her family as they are shunned by a society that previously embraced them, torn apart by sorrow and buffeted and changed by the storms of war.