The Hour of the Donkey
Published on 31. January 2013
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Paperback/Softback
382 pages
978-1-4719-0009-9 (ISBN)
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By the CWA Gold Dagger award-winning author of Other Paths to Glory
24 May 1940. Why did Hitler stop the Panzers and allow the British army to escape to Dunkirk?
Anthony Price provides an answer in this brilliant, compulsively readable thriller of two young officers pitchforked into the chaos of war. The German advance strands them behind enemy lines, where they witness an extraordinary scene: a high-ranking British officer consorting with Nazis. The possible explanations are shattering - not only for them but for the fate of the whole British Expeditionary Force.
24 May 1940. Why did Hitler stop the Panzers and allow the British army to escape to Dunkirk?
Anthony Price provides an answer in this brilliant, compulsively readable thriller of two young officers pitchforked into the chaos of war. The German advance strands them behind enemy lines, where they witness an extraordinary scene: a high-ranking British officer consorting with Nazis. The possible explanations are shattering - not only for them but for the fate of the whole British Expeditionary Force.
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English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
457 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4719-0009-9 (9781471900099)
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Anthony Price (1928-2019) was born in Herfordshire and educated at King's School, Canterbury, and Oxford. His long career in journalism culminated in the Editorship of the Oxford Times. His 1970 debut, The Labyrinth Makers, won the CWA Silver Dagger; his hero, Dr David Audley, historian and spy, featured in this and 18 subsequent novels.