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Darkest Hour by James Holland
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Darkest Hour

A Jack Tanner Adventure
Jack Tanner: Book #2
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Narrator Gordon Griffin

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Length 16 hours 22 minutes
Language English
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Readers of Robert Harris, Bernard Cornwell and Ken Follett will love this gripping, edge-of-your-seat wartime thriller from bestselling author and historian James Holland. Guaranteed to keep you turning the pages!

'Old-fashioned, testosterone-fuelled escapism and Tanner is a chiselled protagonist straight out of the pages of the old Commando comics' -- Mail on Sunday
'Sharpe for the Blitz years...a meaty, all action yarn!' -- Sunday Telegraph
'Holland is a superb historian who knows his stuff, and his descriptions of the action are terrific' -- Daily Telegraph
'Has the sure touch of someone who knows their subject and enjoys it' -- Daily Mail
'Very difficult to put down' -- ***** Reader review
'An amazing read' -- ***** Reader review
'An adventure from start to finish but with great historical facts thrown in' -- ***** Reader review

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Dunkirk, 1940:
ONE MAN MUST STEM THE NAZI TIDE...
Sergeant Jack Tanner has been posted to a training company on the south-east coast of England where the mysterious deaths of two Polish refugees lead him to believe there has been foul play.

As the Germans launch their Blitzkrieg in Europe, the entire company are sent to join the battle to stop Hitler's drive across the Low Countries. Pitted against the die-hard Nazis of the SS 'Death's Head' Division and the great panzer commander, General Rommel himself, it is left to Tanner to get his men back to Allied lines.

But if they are to have any hope of surviving the mayhem of Dunkirk, Tanner must first deal with an enemy far more deadly than the Germans...

Jack Tanner's adventures continue in Blood of Honour.

James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently Brothers In Arms and Normandy '44, he is also the author of nine works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts.

He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now in its twelfth year, and he has presented - and written - many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and the History and Discovery channels.

With Al Murray, he has a successful Second World War podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, which also has its own festival, and is a research fellow at St Andrew's University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He can be found on Twitter as @James1940 and on Instagram as @jamesholland1940.

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Old-fashioned, testosterone-fuelled escapism and Tanner is a chiselled protagonist straight out of the pages of the old Commando comics Sharpe for the Blitz years...a meaty, all action yarn! Holland is a superb historian who knows his stuff, and his descriptions of the action are terrific Has the sure touch of someone who knows their subject and enjoys it This is a well-researched page-turner that keeps you hungry for more. An exciting tale full of historical details and action Expand reviews
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