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1939

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27 June 2019
368 pages
9781509858750
Imprint: Picador

Reviews

A fascinating and well-written book about how two nations embraced the prospect of war. By examining a turbulent year from the ground up, Taylor has inadvertently exposed crucial differences in national characteristics.
Taylor has done us a great service in making the personal stories of what it was actually like to live through the most crucial year of the twentieth century vivid, compelling and salutary
Well-researched and intriguing
A sinister and thrilling picture of how the year 1939 developed into war