The Fire and the Darkness - by Sinclair McKay (Hardcover)
Similar Products
![The Ghost and the Darkness [DVD] [1996]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/3315/33155746_so.jpg)
Products of same category from the store
All
Product info
<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Originally published in the United Kingdom by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, a Penguin Random House company"--Copyright page.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of World War II.</b> <p/>On February 13th, 1945 at 10:03 PM, British bombers began one of the most devastating attacks of WWII: the bombing of Dresden. The first contingent killed people and destroyed buildings, roads, and other structures. The second rained down fire, turning the streets into a blast furnace, the shelters into ovens, and whipping up a molten hurricane in which the citizens of Dresden were burned, baked, or suffocated to death. <p/>Early the next day, American bombers finished off what was left. Sinclair McKay's <i>The Fire and the Darkness </i>is a pulse-pounding work of history that looks at the life of the city in the days before the attack, tracks each moment of the bombing, and considers the long period of reconstruction and recovery. <i>The Fire and the Darkness</i> is powered by McKay's reconstruction of this unthinkable terror from the points of view of the ordinary civilians: Margot Hille, an apprentice brewery worker; Gisela Reichelt, a ten-year-old schoolgirl; boys conscripted into the Hitler Youth; choristers of the Kreuzkirche choir; artists, shop assistants, and classical musicians, as well as the Nazi officials stationed there. <p/>What happened that night in Dresden was calculated annihilation in a war that was almost over. Sinclair McKay's brilliant work takes a complex, human, view of this terrible night and its aftermath in a gripping book that will be remembered long after the last page is turned.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Disturbing and compelling in equal measure. Sinclair McKay brings a dark subject vividly to life.<br>--Keith Lowe, author of <i>Savage Continent</i> and <i>The Fear and the Freedom<br></i><br>A full and powerful account of warfare that ignored the distinction between military and civilian objectives.<br>--<i>Kirkus Reviews <p/></i>"There have been many books on the bombing of Dresden . . . but Sinclair McKay's account is a worthy addition. Eschewing easy moralising, he prefers to reflect on Dresden's intensely moving annual ceremony of remembrance and the episode's place in collective memory. Above all, he rejoices in the modern city's resurrection." --<i>The Economist</i> <p/>Engrossing . . . well-researched, powerfully written, and balanced. For all interested in military history and World War II. --<i>Library Journal </i>(starred review) <p/>McKay's extensive research and animated prose capture the terror and tragedy of the bombing. Readers won't soon forget this devastating account. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>Mr. McKay's rich narrative and descriptive gifts provide us with an elegant yet unflinching account of that terrible night... to be recommended as a very readable and finely crafted addition to the literature on one of modern history's most morally fraught military operations. --<i>Wall Street Journal</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>SINCLAIR MCKAY is the bestselling author of <i>The Secret Lives of Codebreakers </i>(published in the UK as The Secret Life of Bletchley Park) and <i>The Secret Listeners for Aurum</i>, as well as several other books. Sinclair is a literary critic for the Telegraph and The Spectator and for three years was a judge of the Encore Prize, awarded annually for best second novel. He lives in the shadow of Canary Wharf in east London.
Price History
Cheapest price in the interval: 17.89 on February 4, 2022
Most expensive price in the interval: 18.29 on November 6, 2021
Price Archive shows prices from various stores, lets you see history and find the cheapest. There is no actual sale on the website. For all support, inquiry and suggestion messagescommunication@pricearchive.us