Five Days That Shocked the World: Eyewitness Accounts from Europe at the End of World War II - Hardcover

Best, Nicholas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312614926 ISBN 13: 9780312614928

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 2012

April 1945. The bodies of Mussolini and his mistress hang by their heels in Milan while a crowd whistles and jeers. Desperate to avoid the same fate, Adolf Hitler leaves orders for his body to be burned after his death. This title tells a tale of the men and women from all around the world who experienced the final chaotic days of World War II.

Review:

"Accenting personal experiences of the famous-to-be, Best draws the audience interested in WWII’s apocalyptic climax."

Booklist

 

"Outstanding."

Midwest Book Review

 

"Utterly absorbing."

Maclean's

 

"Riveting."

Daily Mail (UK)

 

"Fascinating."

The Times (UK)

About the Author:

NICHOLAS BEST grew up in Kenya and was educated there, in England, and at Trinity College, Dublin. He served in the Grenadier Guards and worked as a journalist in London. He was theFinancial Times fiction critic for ten years and is the author of The Greatest Day in History, a narrative on the end of World War I.

• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0312614926
• ISBN 13: 9780312614928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 369