Antony Beevor is the bestselling author of D-Day: The Battle for Normandy,which received the Royal United Services’ Institute Westminster Medal; The Battle for Spain, which received the La Vanguardia Prize; Paris After the Liberation 1944–1949; Stalingrad, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History, and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature; and The Fall of Berlin 1945, which received the first Longman-History Today Trustees’ Award. He is the recipient of the 2014 Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. Beevor lives in England.
Praise for Crete 1941
“Few battles in World War II can surpass Crete for high drama, both
on land and sea. Beevor, formerly of the 11th Hussars, writes about
that battle with a soldier's eye and a historian's insight. Crete
was a campaign unique in many respects, not the least of which was
its ferocity. Beevor has a flair for re-creating the historical
moment, and during sections of the text even the most detached
reader will pause to catch a breath. He dissects the leadership of
some of the war's most intriguing personalities, both Allied and
German, illuminating their achievements and follies. His book is
enriched with wonderful anecdotal material, some of which will both
amuse and puzzle his American counterparts, whose military
traditions are often so dissimilar. Recommended for both
professional and general readership.”—Library Journal
“Excellent books have been written about the battle for Crete, but
none, for me, has been as vivid and clear and exciting as Antony
Beevor’s. His unerring flair for the climate and the feel of the
conflict . . . his insight and his grasp of these events make them
seem as though they had happened last week . . . This brilliant
book.”—The Daily Telegraph (UK)
“Excellent . . . an arresting account of the whole war on Crete,
including the ghastly experiences of the Cretans under German
occupation.”—John Keegan, The Sunday Telegraph (UK)
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