{"product_id":"the-greatest-raid-9780241992258","title":"The Greatest Raid","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''\u003cb\u003eI loved this book\u003c\/b\u003e, as I love any\u003cb\u003e good adventure story sublimely told . . . a gloriously exciting high, \u003c\/b\u003efollowed by a crushing realisation of war''s enormous waste'' Gerard deGroot, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Absorbing . . . The extraordinary bravery of the participants shines out from the narrative''\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Bishop, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFROM THE AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eBRIDGE OF SPIES\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dramatic and colourful new account of the most daring British commando raid of World War Two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the darkest months of the Second World War, Churchill approved what seemed to many like a suicide mission. Under orders to attack the St Nazaire U-boat base on the Atlantic seaboard, British commandos undertook the greatest raid of all, turning an old destroyer into a live bomb and using it to ram the gates of a Nazi stronghold. Five Victoria Crosses were awarded -- more than in any similar operation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on offi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI loved this book\u003c\/b\u003e, as I love any \u003cb\u003egood adventure story sublimely told\u003c\/b\u003e...This book has the same effect as that drug. It's \u003cb\u003ea gloriously exciting high\u003c\/b\u003e, followed by a crushing realisation of war's enormous waste -- Gerard deGroot * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnthralling \u003c\/b\u003e. . . the heroism on display that night was unsurpassed, and Whittell is right to call his book \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Raid\u003c\/i\u003e -- Simon Griffith * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbsorbing \u003c\/b\u003e. . . The \u003cb\u003eextraordinary bravery \u003c\/b\u003eof the participants shines out from the narrative -- Patrick Bishop * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of extraordinary courage\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Without Chariot there might have been no further raids such as the much larger, and ultimately disastrous, attack on Dieppe five months later -- Jonathan Boff * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling page-turner, the work of a master storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e. The drama of the March 1942 operation is \u003cb\u003ecinematic in its sweep and detail\u003c\/b\u003e -- and Whittell's detective work on the real reasons for the raid is extraordinary. It is also \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e -- Matthew d'Ancona\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003espellbinding account \u003c\/b\u003eof \u003cb\u003eone of the most astonishing episodes\u003c\/b\u003e of the whole war. \u003cb\u003eThrilling and tragic\u003c\/b\u003e in equal measure, it is a story of \u003cb\u003eself-sacrifice, comradeship and courage on an unimaginable scale\u003c\/b\u003e -- Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third Reich\u003cbr\u003eChurchill called St Nazaire \"a deed of glory intimately involved in high strategy.\" \u003cb\u003eThis vivid and moving book shows why\u003c\/b\u003e -- David Reynolds, author of Island Stories: An Unconventional History of Britain\u003cbr\u003eGiles Whittell's \u003cb\u003ecrisp, tight, prose is perfectly suited to record one of World War 2's great moments of heroism\u003c\/b\u003e: his journalistic skills tease apart the flaws in the plan, while expertly \u003cb\u003ebringing back to life the rich cast of protagonists\u003c\/b\u003e -- Charles Spencer, author of The White Ship\u003cbr\u003eWorld War Two's Operation Chariot against Nazi Germany's battleship repair facility is the greatest commando raid of all time. So\u003cb\u003e bravo to Giles Whittell for this meticulously researched and utterly gripping account\u003c\/b\u003e of the heroism at St Nazaire. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Raid \u003c\/i\u003edoes great justice to its subjects\u003c\/b\u003e -- Dr Amanda Foreman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733436182871,"sku":"9780241992258","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241992258.jpg?v=1720000070","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-greatest-raid-9780241992258","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}