Duty Calls: Dunkirk

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'YOU WANTED TO SEE SOME ACTION - WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT NOW. YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT NOW ALL RIGHT.' FRIDAY 24 May, 1940 PRIVATE JOHNNY HAWKE, AGED SIXTEEN, AWAKENS TO ARTILLERY FIRE. HOURS LATER, STUKAS SCREAM DOWN FROM THE SKY. MESSERSCHMIT FIGHTERS ROAR TOWARDS THEM. TRUCKS BURST INTO FLAMES. NOW MEN AND MULES LAY DEAD AND DYING, SEVERED LIMBS TWISTED GROTESQUELY AS BLOOD SOAKS THE COBBLED STREETS. YOUNG PRIVATE HAWKE JUST WANTS TO DO HIS DUTY AND SERVE HIS COUNTRY. BUT AS HE - AND HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS - PREPARE TO STOP THE GERMAN ADVANCE, THERE'S ONLY ONE QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S LIPS . . . HOW WILL THEY SURVIVE? Find out in the epic Duty Calls- Dunkirk, which throws you deep into the real heart - and horror - of the Second World War.

Date- 2004-09-27 James Holland was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and studied history at Durham University. A member of the British Commission for Military History and the Guild of Battlefield Guides, he also regularly contributes reviews and articles in national newspapers and magazines and appears on national radio. His many books include Fortress Malta, Italy's Sorrow, The Battle of Britain and his fictional WW2 series featuring Sergeant Jack Tanner. His interviews with veterans of the Second World War are available at the Imperial War Museum and are also archived on www.secondworldwarforum.com He lives near Salisbury with his wife, son and daughter. James Holland was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and studied history at Durham University. He is the bestselling author of numerous historical non-fiction titles and the Jack Tanner fiction series, and recently presented Battle of Britain- The Real Story on BBC2. A member of the British Commission for Military History, his many interviews with veterans of the Second World War are available at the Imperial War Museum and are also archived at www.secondworldwarforum.com. Duty Calls- Dunkirk is his first novel for younger readers.

"Holland is a superb historian who knows his stuff." --Daily Telegraph