PEGASUS BRIDGE

PEGASUS BRIDGE
by Neil Barber.


It has been fourteen years since Neil's first book was published on the story of the famous raid for the bridges on D-Day. 
Now in this extended 80th Anniversary edition, Neil brings us even more voices from those who were there.
 Further years of research has also brought new information to light, giving Neil a chance to fine tune his original book & the way he reveals the whole story.
It is also packed with so many great photos & helpful maps. This reader gained a far better understanding of what was so often a confusing battlefield, often with close fighting through villages & the surrounding fields.

This isn't a review of the story. I couldn't do Neil's account justice. I'm sure most of you reading this will at least have some knowledge of the raid. When you finish this book, you will certainly have gained a great deal more.

From the training & planning to the night raid itself. The narrative continues into the following hours of daylight that left all those wondering how the Germans would react & was the D-Day invasion behind them actually going to plan?

I can't even imagine the skill & patience required to get a book's narrative into chronological order. To then add hundreds of eyewitness accounts & to plot where those people were at a particular time, is an extraordinary fete.
It's the side of writing us readers don't see & in the case of Neil's book we are now left with something very special to enjoy.

This hardbook edition is published by Sabrestorm Publishing & available now.
I purchased my own copy through their website www.sabrestorm.com.

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