{"product_id":"arnhem-by-beevor-antony","title":"Arnhem by Beevor Antony","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780241326763\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVIKIN, May 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e480 pages, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e #1 Bestseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e Stalingrad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOur greatest chronicler of the Second World War . . . his fans will love it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' - Robert Fox, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'The eye for telling detail which we have come to expect from Antony Beevor. . . this time, though, he turns his brilliance as a military historian to a subject not just of defeat, but dunderhead stupidity' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aeroplane engines. He went out on to his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders carrying the British 1st Airborne and the American 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions. He gazed up in envy at this massive demonstration of paratroop power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOperation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, was a bold concept: the Americans thought it unusually bold for Field Marshal Montgomery. But could it ever have worked? The cost of failure was horrendous, above all for the Dutch, who risked everything to help. German reprisals were pitiless and cruel, and lasted until the end of the war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe British fascination with heroic failure has clouded the story of Arnhem in myths. Antony Beevor, using often overlooked sources from Dutch, British, American, Polish and German archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which General Student himself called 'The Last German Victory'. Yet this book, written in Beevor's inimitable and gripping narrative style, is about much more than a single, dramatic battle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt looks into the very heart of war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn Beevor's hands, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eArnhem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e becomes a study of national character\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' - Ben Macintyre, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSuperb book, tirelessly researched and beautifully written\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' - Saul David, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eComplete mastery of both the story and the sources\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' - Keith Lowe, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAnother masterwork from the most feted military historian of our time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' - Jay Elwes, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eProspect Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe analysis he has produced of the disaster is forensic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' - Giles Milton, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHe is a master of his craft . . . we have here a definitive account\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' - Piers Paul Read, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Tablet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47640027103394,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/A1LLMIyGJfL._SL1500.jpg?v=1789032314","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/arnhem-by-beevor-antony","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}