Sword

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes alive in Sword , Hastings’s portrait of the individual soldiers who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy. He brings these men to life with sensitivity and beautiful prose'

The Times

‘The transporting of 150,000 troops across the Channel in total secrecy and the feats they did that day is a story we never tire of – and Max Hastings tells it exceedingly well. His is one of the most reliable brands in popular history and Sword meets his usual standards. A cracking tale in the hands of a practised storyteller'

Spectator

‘D-Day was one of the British army’s finest hours, perhaps the finest. The author has matched that hour admirably'

Country Life

‘The publication of a book by Sir Max Hastings is an event. Hastings's new book makes gripping reading. He combines comments from men who were there (drawn from an impressive array of primary sources) with pungent analysis’

TLS

‘Enthralling detail… The landings themselves unfold in glorious Technicolor, with even the better-known stories made to feel fresh and immediate. Just when you think there’s nothing new to say about D-Day, Max Hastings proves you wrong with this gripping, insightful and extraordinarily vivid retelling of the pivotal moment of the Second Front'

BBC History Magazine

‘The best kind of history books draw on compelling, richly textured human stories in order to chronicle wider events – and Hasting does this with aplomb'

Independent

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘The messy, dirty, bloody reality of Operation Overlord comes alive in Sword , Hastings’s portrait of the individual soldiers who risked their lives on the beaches of Normandy. He brings these men to life with sensitivity and beautiful prose'

The Times

‘The transporting of 150,000 troops across the Channel in total secrecy and the feats they did that day is a story we never tire of – and Max Hastings tells it exceedingly well. His is one of the most reliable brands in popular history and Sword meets his usual standards. A cracking tale in the hands of a practised storyteller'

Spectator

‘D-Day was one of the British army’s finest hours, perhaps the finest. The author has matched that hour admirably'

Country Life

‘The publication of a book by Sir Max Hastings is an event. Hastings's new book makes gripping reading. He combines comments from men who were there (drawn from an impressive array of primary sources) with pungent analysis’

TLS

‘Enthralling detail… The landings themselves unfold in glorious Technicolor, with even the better-known stories made to feel fresh and immediate. Just when you think there’s nothing new to say about D-Day, Max Hastings proves you wrong with this gripping, insightful and extraordinarily vivid retelling of the pivotal moment of the Second Front'

BBC History Magazine

‘The best kind of history books draw on compelling, richly textured human stories in order to chronicle wider events – and Hasting does this with aplomb'

Independent

MAX HASTINGS is the author of over thirty books, most about conflict, and between 1986 and 2002 served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph, then editor of the Evening Standard. He has won many prizes both for journalism and his books, of which the most recent are Chastise, Operation Pedestal and Abyss, bestsellers translated around the world. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an Honorary Fellow of King ’ s College, London and was knighted in 2002. He has two grown-up children, Charlotte and Harry, and lives with his wife Penny in West Berkshire, where they garden enthusiastically.