{"product_id":"the-last-stand-9780099521242","title":"The Last Stand","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Philbrick is an historian and broadcaster whose books include \u003ci\u003eIn the Heart of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and won America's National Book Award (and is director Ron Howard's major new film), \u003ci\u003eSea of Glory \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize), \u003ci\u003eMayflower\u003c\/i\u003e, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Last Stand. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe lives on Nantucket Island and is the founding director of the Egan Institute of Maritime Studies and a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003emesmerising \u003c\/b\u003eportrait of two extraordinary individuals and a \u003cb\u003ethrilling\u003c\/b\u003e blow-by-blow account of a landmark battle, it is \u003cb\u003ea terrific achievement\u003c\/b\u003e -- Dominic Sandbrook * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003ePhilbrick recounts this story with the clarity, colour and pace of a first-rate movie, and Jeffrey Ward's superb maps make the twists and turns easy to follow. Custer's Last Stand was America's Isandhlwana, where the shock of defeat was redeemed by the thrill of the tale -- Raymond Seitz * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eFine new history...Philbrick has made excellent use of archival resources... and the resulting narrative is unlikely to be bettered. There is much more to savour... it is as brilliant an example of combat reconstruction as one is likely to find in any history of this scope and ambition -- Trevor Royle * Sunday Herald *\u003cbr\u003eAn absorbing retelling of the greatest Western of all. Philbrick is a stunningly evocative historian. It is a captivating story * The Times *\u003cbr\u003ePhilbrick writes a lively narrative that brushes away the cobwebs of mythology to reveal the context and realities of Custer's unexpected 1876 defeat at the hands of his Indian enemies under Sitting Bull... compelling * Publishers' Weekly *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732264431959,"sku":"9780099521242","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099521242.jpg?v=1719996191","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-last-stand-9780099521242","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}