Norman Longmate

Broschiertes Buch

The Real Dad's Army

The Story of the Home Guard

Beschreibung

A history of the Home Guard from its creation in May 1940 to the end of the Second World War written by Home Guard Veteran Private Longmate, then aged 17, the same age as Pike!

Autor

Norman Longmate, ex-Private 'F' Company, 3rd Sussex Battalion, Home Guard, joined 'Dad's Army' at the same age as the fictional character 'Pike', 17. To this day he contends that the much-loved sitcom was remarkably accurate in it's portrayal of life in the Home Guard. After the war he read modern history at Worcester College, Oxford worked as a journalist and radio producer of history documentaries and is the author of twenty books on the Second World War. He lives in London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amberley Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 164mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781445654034
• ISBN-10: 1445654032
• Artikelnr.: 43766104