An exhilarating hour-by-hour portrayal of an iconic battle, drawing on the eye witness accounts of those who fought it

ROBERT KERSHAW is a graduate of Reading University and joined the Parachute Regiment in 1973. After over thirty years in the army, serving in Northern Ireland, the First Gulf War and Bosnia, he retired to become a full-time military history author as well as a consultant military analyst in 2006. Among his outstanding works of narrative non-fiction are Street in Arnhem and 24 Hours at Waterloo. www.robertjkershaw.com