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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9781402210440 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1402210442 Label: Sourcebooks Landmark Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Landmark Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: September 01, 2007 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Studio: Sourcebooks Landmark Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: This extraordinary work of historical fiction by bestselling author Michael Dobbs finds Winston Churchill at his lowest ebb-pitted in a personal confrontation with Adolf Hitler and the ghosts from his past. The battle begins on Friday, May 10, 1940, when Hitler launches a devastating attack that within days will overrun France, Holland and Belgium and bring Britain to its knees at Dunkirk. Never Surrender is about Churchill's courage and defiance, his ability to lead a nation during three of the most crucial weeks in its history. Without the physical forces necessary to stave off German attack, Churchill uses the force of words to stand in Hitler's way, to show that no accords will be made. To read this book is to live these tense days at Churchill's side, to experience his feelings of deep inadequacy as he deals with defeatist ministers, intransigent generals and a military disaster of biblical proportion. Average Rating:
 Rating: - The Right Man for the JobWinston Churchill was done no favor when he was named Prime Minister in May of1940 just hours before Adolph Hitler's invasion of Belgium, Holland and France. As the world watched in horror, Hitler's army marched through those countries with surprising ease and pushed Britain's forces to the coast at Dunkirk where they seemed to be trapped like fleeing rats. Never Surrender tells the story of what turned out to be one of the most important three weeks of the twentieth century. It was during those ... Read More Rating:  - Tedious Treatment I am not sure what bothers me most about this book- the tedious dialogue, the major focus of the story on the point of view of a pacifist objector, or the liberties taken with Churchill and his innermost thoughts. There is so much great non-fiction out there on Churchill that this book to me was a total waste of time. Read the Manchester series or Gilbert's abridged official biography and get the scope of the man and his times- this is much better than page after page of the suspended belief that ... Read More Rating:  - Sequel became a prequel I picked this book up on the sale table at a bookstore (sorry Amazon) and found it so compelling that I had to order the others in this series by Michael Dobbs (from Amazon this time). I day-dreamed through most of my history classes but have found that some of the current "historical fiction" and the well written non-fiction history books have drawn me into a sincere desire to study what I so foolishly skipped in my girlhood. I am also enjoying the reviews from all of you who have always valued ... Read More Rating: - Great ReadMichael Dobbs yet again brings to life an icon of the 20th Century. We learn a great deal about the man, Churchill, both his passions as well as his demons. Dobbs' portrayal of the machinations of Kennedy/Halifax bring texture to a relatively brief but critical period following Churchill's ascendancy as PM and the heroic days of Dunkirk. The sidebar drama of the Chichesters adds additional color and brings out in clear fashion how monumental events engineered by national leaders impact the daily lives ... Read More Rating: - Breathing life into Churchill: we need more DobbsMichael Dobbs does a superb job of breathing life into Churchill. Although we all know the outcome of the war, witnessing the events through Dobbs' creative hand makes them all the more real. Although firmly grounded in fact, Dobb's fiction takes readers into Churchill's soul in a most believeable - and suspenseful - way. The huge and complex character of Churchill is exposed warts and all but always magnificently, and the well-known events it deals with like the evacuation of the British Army from Dunkirk ... Read More 
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