With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain
β Scribed by Korda, Michael
- Book ID
- 108702648
- Publisher
- HarperCollins e-books
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 215 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780061736049
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β¦ Synopsis
β[With Wings Like Eagles is] bold and refreshingβ¦ Korda writes with great elegance and flair.ββ Wall Street Journal
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ike and Horse People , Michael Korda, comes With Wings Like Eagles , the harrowing story of The Battle of Britain, one of the most important battles of World War II. In the words of the Washington Post Book World , β With Wings Like Eagles is a skillful, absorbing, often moving contribution to the popular understanding of one of the few episodes in history β¦ to deserve the description βheroic.ββ
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