The author of stalingrad on the heroism and incompetence of the biggest ever airborne battle. He is the author of crete the battle and the resistance, which won a runciman prize, paris after the liberation, 19441949 written with his wife artemis cooper, stalingrad, which won the samuel johnson prize, the wolfson prize for history and the hawthornden prize for literature, berlin the downfall, which received. The british historian antony beevors ardennes 1944. Beevors book the second world war 2012 is notable for its focus on the conditions and grief faced by women and civilians and for its coverage of. Yet this book, written in beevor s inimitable and gripping narrative style, is about much more than a single dramatic battle. In beevors hands, arnhem becomes a study of national character ben macintyre, the times superb book, tirelessly researched and beautifully written saul david, daily telegraph. He has had a number of books published and his book stalingrad was awarded. Among the many prestigious posts he holds, he is a fellow of the royal society of literature. The strength of the fall of berlin 1945 is an irresistibly compelling narrative, of events so terrible that they still have the power, more than half a century on, to provoke wonder and awe. As with stalingrad and berlin the downfall, antony beevor s gripping narrative conveys the true experience of war.
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Antony beevor, using often overlooked sources from dutch, british, american, polish and german archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which general student himself called the last german victory. The battle and the resistance runciman prize, stalingrad samuel johnson prize, wolfson prize for history and hawthornden prize, berlin. Sir antony james beevor, frsl born 14 december 1946 is an english military historian. A regular in the 11th hussars, antony beevor served in germany and england. Jan 17, 2018 historian beevor astonished at ukraine ban on bestselling stalingrad january 17. He has had a number of books published and his book stalingrad was awarded the samuel johnson prize, the wolfson history prize and the hawthornden prize. The battle for normandy prix henry malherbe and the rusi westminster medal, the second world war, ardennes 1944 prix medicis shortlist and arnhem. Historian sir antony beevor has said he faces five years in a russian prison for his account of the rape of millions of german women by stalins armies at the end of world war two. Antony beevor served as a regular officer in the 11th hussars in germany. A magisterial, singlevolume history of the greatest conflict the world has ever known by our foremost military historian. Copious footnotes, good maps and a very useful bibliography. Fallen heroes anthony beevors new history of arnhem.
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