{"product_id":"d-day-the-battle-for-normandy-9780143118183","title":"D-Day: The Battle for Normandy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Glorious, horrifying... \u003ci\u003eD-Day\u003c\/i\u003e is a vibrant work of history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men and women.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRenowned historian Antony Beevor, author of \u003ci\u003eStalingrad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Arnhem\u003c\/i\u003e, and the man who \"single-handedly transformed the reputation of military history\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) presents the first major account in more than twenty years of the Normandy invasion and the liberation of Paris. This is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting. Beevor draws upon his research in more than thirty archives in six countries, going back to original accounts and interviews conducted by combat historians just after the action. \u003ci\u003eD-Day\u003c\/i\u003e is the consummate account of the invasion and the ferocious offensive that led to Paris's liberation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntony Beevor\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eD-Day: The Battle for Normandy, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich received the Royal United Services' Institute Westminster Medal\u003ci\u003e; The Battle for Spain\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the La Vanguardia Prize; \u003ci\u003eParis After the Liberation 1944-1949; Stalingrad\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History, and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature; and \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Berlin 1945\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the first Longman-History Today Trustees' Award. He is the recipient of the 2014 Pritzker Military Museum \u0026amp; Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. Beevor lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612227637522,"sku":"9780143118183","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_15ee03f5-aa3d-4244-8bfc-b3fcf4bef5ed.jpg?v=1732371536","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/d-day-the-battle-for-normandy-9780143118183","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}