Last Hope Island: Britain, occupied Europe, and the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war - Softcover

Olson, Lynne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911617184 ISBN 13: 9781911617181

Publisher: Scribe UK, 2018

Synopsis

A Mail on Sunday book of the year.

An engrossing account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler.

When the Nazi blitzkrieg rolled over continental Europe in the early days of World War II, the city of London became a refuge for the governments and armed forces of six occupied nations -- Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Norway, Czechoslovakia, and Poland -- who escaped there to continue the fight. So, too, did General Charles de Gaulle, the self-appointed representative of free France. As the only European democracy still holding out against Hitler, Britain became known to occupied countries as 'Last Hope Island'.

In this epic, character-driven narrative, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author Lynne Olson takes us back to those perilous days when the British and their European guests joined forces to combat the mightiest military force in history and restore order to a broken continent.

About this title

Review:

Exhilarating and epic. --The Mail on Sunday

About the Author:

Lynne Olson is the former White House correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. In addition to 2010's Citizens of London, she is most recently the author of Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's fight over WWII 1939-1941. She is also the author of Troublesome Young Men: the rebels who brought Churchill to power and helped save England and Freedom's Daughters: the unsung heroines of the civil rights movement from 1830 to 1970, and is a co-author of two other books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribe UK
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1911617184
• ISBN 13: 9781911617181
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576