Their Finest Hour：v. 2: The Second World War (Second World War 2)

图书标准信息

• 作者 Winston S. Churchill 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2008-09
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780141441733
• 定价 297.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 720页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

WinstonChurchill'ssix-volumehistoryofthecataclysmthatswepttheworldremainsthedefinitivehistoryoftheSecondWorldWar.Lucid,dramatic,remarkablebothforitsbreadthandsweepandforitssenseofpersonalinvolvement,itisuniversallyacknowledgedasamagnificentreconstructionandisanenduring,compellingworkthatledtohisbeingawardedtheNobelPrizeforliterature.TheirFinestHourenthrallinglyrecountskeyeventsandbattlesfromMaytoDecember1940asBritainstoodisolatedwhileNaziGermanypursueditsseeminglyunconquerablewarpath-thefallofFrance,DunkirkandtheBattleofBritain,thehorrorsoftheBlitzandHitler'splanstoinvadeandcrushRussia,hissoleallyinEurope.

【作者简介】

WinstonS.Churchill(1874-1965)wasprimeministerofGreatBritainfrom1940to1945andfrom1951to1955.Aprolificwriter,whoseworksincludeTheSecondWorldWarandAHistoryoftheEnglish-SpeakingPeoples,ChurchillwasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1953.