Coventry: Thursday, 14 November 1940

Coventry: Thursday, 14 November 1940

by Frederick Taylor (Author)

Synopsis

Serving as a companion volume to Frederick Taylor s acclaimed Dresden, this is the definitive account of the bombing of Coventry, England on November 14 1940."

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Published: 08 Sep 2016

ISBN 10: 1408860287
ISBN 13: 9781408860281
Book Overview: The definitive account of the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940 - a companion volume to the same author's acclaimed Dresden

Media Reviews
Frederick Taylor is one of the brightest historians writing today * Philip Kerr, Newsweek *
Taylor is a great storyteller * Richard Evans, New Statesman *
Taylor has a fine eye for a telling detail * Richard Overy, Literary Review *
In narrative power and persuasion, he has paralleled in Dresden what Antony Beevor achieved in Stalingrad * Independent on Sunday, on Dresden *
Author Bio
Frederick Taylor was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School, read History and Modern Languages at Oxford and did postgraduate work at Sussex University. He edited and translated The Goebbels Diaries 1939-41 and is the author of four acclaimed books of narrative history, Dresden, The Berlin Wall, Exorcising Hitler and most recently The Downfall of Money. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and lives in Cornwall.