Audio book descriptionHis weapon is the stiletto, his codename: The Needle. He is Henry Faber, a coldly professional killer and Germany's most feared deep-cover agent in Britain. His task: to discover the Allies' plans for D-Day and get them to Germany at all costs. It's a task he undertakes with customary relish and ruthlessness - until he encounters Storm Island and a woman named Lucy.
Audio book descriptionIn mid-1943 James Megellas, known as "Maggie" to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82nd Airborne Division, his new "home" for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples. In October 1943, when most of the 82nd de…
Audio book descriptionA work of remarkable scholarship that moves with the swift pace of a John le Carre thriller, A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich is a chilling addition to the literature of espionage. In 1943, a young official named Fritz Kolbe from the German fo…
Audio book descriptionIn a burnished, driving prose, incorporating a myriad of fresh sources, John Keegan tells the story of the Allies' greatest military achievement as he chronicles the 1944 invasion of Normandy, from D-Day to the liberation of Paris. Includes: The Americans in their gallant and terrifying night drop on the eve of the landings The Canadians in crucial action at the Omaha beachhead The English tanks and infantry savagely fighting their way inland The Germans in their surprisingly strong resistance The Poles in exile blocking the German escape route in a fierce and desperate firefight The French, liberating at last the City of Light…
