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Killing Rommel

By: Steven Pressfield
Narrated by: Alfred Molina
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Summary

 Autumn 1942. Hitler's legions have swept across Europe, France has fallen, Churchill and the English stand isolated on their island. In North Africa, Rommel and his Panzers have routed the British Eighth Army and stand poised to overrun Egypt, Suez, and the oil fields of the Middle East. With the outcome of the war hanging in the balance, the British hatch a desperate plan: send a small, highly mobile, and heavily armed force behind German lines to strike the blow that will stop the Afrika Korps in its tracks.

Steven Pressfield brings to life the flair, agility, and daring of this extraordinary historical commando unit, the Long Range Desert Group. He describes in detail the tactics, weaponry, and specialized skills needed for combat under extreme desert conditions. He captures, too, the camaraderie of this "band of brothers" as they perform the acts of courage and cunning crucial to the Allies' victory in North Africa. As in his acclaimed earlier novels, Pressfield combines historical accuracy and edge-of-your-seat battle scenes to create riveting fiction.

©2008 Steven Pressfield (P)2008 Recorded Books, LLC Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Military Thriller & Suspense War & Military Fiction Africa War Middle East Exciting
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"Crisp writing carries readers through success, failure and a final face-to-face encounter with Rommel that's no less exciting for knowing the outcome." ( Publishers Weekly)
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Loved this story from start to finish makes you proud to be British but shows there are good people everywhere

Great emotional read

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A great story and insight to the North African Campaign. Brilliant listen and I’ll be sure to listen to again in the future.

Fantastic book

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This is a fine, fine book, a bit too real in some respects, hits very hard and leaves no room for nostalgia and adventure although there's plenty of it, if leaves an unpleasant aftertaste, that's war I suppose, a most unpleasant business, damn fine read...

oh yes! Splendid

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My father was in North Africa and at the battle of el alamein so this was fascinating and emotional for me. It is brilliantly written and narrated.

Compelling

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In 1942, Hitler's armies are sweeping across Europe. In North Africa, Rommel has beaten back the British Eighth Army and stands ready to overrun Egypt, Suez, and the oil fields of the Middle East. The British come up with a desperate plan to infiltrate enemy lines and stop the Afrika Korps. In this fictional account, Steven Pressfield uses real people and real events to tell an exciting and inspiring tale.

Superbly narrated by Alfred Molina, the author tells the gripping story of a fictional commando unit who set out to kill Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Based on real events and featuring people we’ve heard of (such as Major Paddy Mayne from the BBC’s SAS Rogue Heroes), Pressfield’s plot is packed with authentic details that make us believe he was there and went through these events himself. The story centres around his hero, ‘Chap’ Chapman, who joins the army and volunteers for the Long-Range Desert Group—a team who fight alongside the SAS. From the moment Chapman’s team infiltrates a German unit, the action is almost unstoppable. The novel is thrilling in its audacity, as the team target a German commander whose reputation is legendary, and whose military tactics may well win the war. The book is funny, touching and at times horrific in its level of detail, highlighting the true horror of war.

An exciting and entertaining book that will thrill fans of war stories.

An exciting and entertaining book

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