January 1944,the south coast of England. The Fifth Battalion,Wessex Regiment wait patiently and nervously for the order to embark. There is boredom and fear,comedy and pathos as the men - all drawn from different walks of life - await the order to move. From The City,From The Plough is a vivid and moving account of the fate of these men as they set off for Normandy and advance into France.
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Publisher: Imperial War MuseumISBN: 9781912423071Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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"In pages of lean prose,Stoke Newington-raised Baron conjures the boredom and fear as a British regiment embarks for the Normandy beaches. An unqualified masterpiece.""Undoubtedly one of the very greatest British novels of the Second World War.""Offers the portrait of a military unit in human terms,as day to day incidentsreveal the characters assigned to the Normandy Invasion."
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