{"product_id":"with-wings-like-eagles-the-untold-story-of-the-battle-of-britain-9780061125362","title":"With Wings Like Eagles: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Bold and refreshing... Korda writes with great elegance and flair.\" --\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Korda's brilliant work of history takes the reader back to the summer of 1940, when fewer than three thousand young fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force--often no more than nine hundred on any given day--stood between Hitler and the victory that seemed almost within his grasp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKorda recreates the intensity of combat in the \"long, delirious, burning blue\" of the sky above southern England and, perhaps, for the first time, traces the entire complex web of political, diplomatic, scientific, industrial, and human decisions that led inexorably to the world's first, greatest, and most decisive air battle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinston Churchill memorable said about the Battle of Britain, \"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.\" Here is the story of \"the few,\" and how they prevailed against the odds, deprived Hitler of victory, and saved the world during three epic months in 1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Korda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061125362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKorda, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Korda is the author of \u003cem\u003eUlysses S. Grant\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIke\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHero\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCharmed Lives\u003c\/em\u003e. Educated at Le Rosey in Switzerland and at Magdalen College, Oxford, he served in the Royal Air Force. He took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and on its fiftieth anniversary was awarded the Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Hungary. He and his wife, Margaret, make their home in Dutchess County, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110651068531,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_15fd36c9-baee-4594-a567-ecbcace65d6b.jpg?v=1748983636","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/with-wings-like-eagles-the-untold-story-of-the-battle-of-britain-9780061125362","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}