Dunkirk Spirit

Product Description The British may define themselves with the words"Dunkirk Spirit"yet remarkably this is the first novel to tell the full true story of the evacuation in the early months of the Second World War. For the first time, journalist and best-selling author Alan Pearce tells the incredible story of personal sacrifice and bravery both on the home front and in the front line. Drawing on personal accounts and official histories, he dispels the common myths and gives a harrowing perspective of a great defeat and subsequent miracle seen through the eyes of ordinary people in extraordinary times. Heart warming and compelling, this is a novel that raises the spirits, and begs the question could we ever do it again? WOW! This novel brings it down to a personal level, recounting events through the web of interlacing soldiers. I simply could not put it down. The more dire the situation, the faster and faster I found myself reading. It was as if by reading faster, I could somehow save the characters from their dire predicament. For anyone wishing to get the boots on the sand feel of the place, get this book - Caryl J Bohn MOVING! This is a real unputdownable book. It is a stirring account of Dunkirk through the experiences of 'real' people. I found it moving, tragic, gut-renching and uplifting. I am an avid reader of books in this genre, whether fiction, faction or factual. I can honestly say that this rates amongst the best that I have read. David Holmes