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Five Days in London, May 1940

Written by: John Lukacs
Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
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 In the days between May 24th and 28th, 1940, the British War Cabinet held a historical debate over whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. In this magisterial work, John Lukacs demonstrates the decisive importance of those five days. Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill, who had only been prime minister for a fortnight, painfully considered his war responsibilities. We see how the military disasters taking place on the Continent - particularly the plight of the nearly 400,000 British soldiers bottled up in Dunkirk - affected Churchill's fragile political situation, and how the citizenry, though only partly informed about the dangers that faced them, nevertheless began to support Churchill's determination to stand fast.©1999 John Lukacs (P)1999 Blackstone Audio Inc. Europe Great Britain International Relations Military Politics & Government Wars & Conflicts World War II British History

Critic Reviews

"With a delightful British accent and a professional quality voice, Howard...communicates the tension during those fateful days." (AudioFile)
"[This book] is lucid and splendidly readable, and furthermore, commands a host of dramatic characters....[It] has the power and sweep of Shakespeare's chronicle plays." (Boston Globe)
"Eminent historian Lukacs delivers the crown jewel to his long and distinguished career with this account....It is the work of a man who lives and breathes history, whose knowledge is limitless and tuned to a pitch that rings true." (Publishers Weekly)
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This is an excellent book. The narrator is top class. I only wish that more details were given about the Dunkirk Evacuation. The author was constantly referring to the B.E.F. being trapped and the possibility of not many soldiers being saved. But in the end God did a miracle and both the British Expeditionary Force and many thousands of French/Belgian soldiers came through. Perhaps, I will have to read/listen to another account of the dramatic Dunkirk Evacuation.

Excellent book!

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