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Published 2006: First Edition / Softcover / Excellent Condition / Illustrated throughout

Pictorial stiff card covers. 416 as new very clean and bright pages. Slight shelf wear on covers. (GT112)

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A thrilling account of 'the second great fire of London.'

A quiet Sunday teatime and, in the City of London, clerks and draper's assistants, canteen ladies, caretakers, architects and clerics join firefighters and wardens preparing to protect their 'Square Mile' through the night.

In France meanwhile, the Luftwaffe's elite pathfinders take off at the head of a terrifying fire-raid - designed to burn off, 'like weed patches from the air', London's ancient heart.

The image of St Paul's that night amid clouds of black smoke immediately became the ultimate symbol of Britain's Blitz defiance. But the reality of this 'Second Great Fire of London', in all its unprecedented destruction and indomitable humanity, is almost lost amid myth and counter-myth.

Now, in a stunningly vivid and immediate work of historical storytelling, M. J. Gaskin tells the true story of London's desperate hours. And she shows how, across the Atlantic, Americans agonized over the cost of aiding Britain's struggle against the Nazis - and the cost of letting her fall.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2016
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I read a book similar to this many years ago, it interested me because it showed the hardships our people underwent in World War 2 and the generations now need to be reminded of what happened , many men and women gave their lives to preserve ours we owe it to them never to forget their sacrifice , books like this should be read by all our children, our recent history is of more value than all the so-called classis children are given for their English Lit ,education is wonderful but never ever should we forget what we owe to the past

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blitz-Story-29th-December-1940/dp/