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Long Day'S Dying - An Unputdownable War Novel

by Alan White

~~13,65€~~ 10,92€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 <h2>Three commandos. Cut off. Surrounded. Desperate. </h2>A classic of war fiction and a major film. They were three soldiers, on watch in the French countryside, their base a disused barn. Three ordinary men seconded into the horrors of World War II, each with his own ideals, his own feelings, his own fears.Their task was a nightmare of waiting. German forces were stationed over the brow of a hill, and every moment of every day passed in nerve-shattering anticipation of their first clash. When the clash finally came, it was not merely a battle of force and brutality but a complex and murderous struggle between the cunning and ruthlessness of both sides...The Long Day''s Dying is a novel that portrays the horror of war. Once taken up, it cannot be put down; once read, it will never be forgotten.<h2>Praise for The Long Day''s Dying</h2>''Extraordinarily powerful ... at times harrowing but always gripping. Its authenticity and credibility is rooted in the experience of the author, who led a commando unit in Occupied Europe during the Second World War. The story draws on his experiences in an unflinching manner, turning the fields, hills and hedgerows of the front line into the stage for a drama of the most compelling kind'' Alex Gerlis, author of Prince of Spies‘A war novel that invokes the classical unities of time and action… A gripping read’ Sunday Times‘I think it’s the best thing of its kind I’ve ever read. I literally couldn’t put it down’ Leslie Charteris, author of The Saint novels‘A tense and convincing fragment of war’ Observer''Fiercely authentic... a short, concentrated bark of a story’ Sunday Telegraph
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Long Night'S Walk

by Alan White

~~13,59€~~ 10,87€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 <h2>There’s only one way home: straight through the enemy.</h2>From the author of The Long Day’s Dying, a tense, gripping novella about a daring commando mission in Occupied France during WW2.Four commandos parachute into occupied Holland. Their mission: to delay and impede German communications long enough to cover the escape of an Allied unit a few miles away. Soon the countryside is in chaos, and the whole German army is hunting for them.If they miss the rendezvous with the plane sent to extract them, it’s a long way home…Another thrilling commando raid novel from a former WW2 Commando, perfect for fans of Max Hennessy and Alan Evans.
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Long Midnight

by Alan White

~~13,82€~~ 11,06€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 <h2>You can''t hide when the sun never sets...</h2>Norway, 1943. A land in the grip of Nazi occupation, where men and women still fight for freedom in constant danger from German murder squads and Norwegian traitors.It is to find such a traitor that two men are sent from Britain. Their mission is two-fold. First, to expose the traitor and kill them. Second, to carry out a brilliant and daring operation of rescue and sabotage…Another thrilling commando raid novella from a master of the genre, perfect for fans of Max Hennessy and Alan Evans.

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