Chris Hunt: Escape From Holland | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781919271828 | Escape From Holland | Chris Hunt | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026

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Just before dawn on May 10, 1940, German parachute troops rain down on Holland. Watching from his home on the Dutch coast is former international footballer Billy Marsden. It is ten years to the day since the Germans saved his life in a Berlin hospital after he suffered a devastating injury while playing for England - and now it is the German invasion of Holland that is putting his life in jeopardy. In The Hague, Margot Fonteyn and the Sadler's Wells Ballet watch the dogfights from the roof of their hotel. In Amsterdam journalist David Woodward and his American wife, NBC war correspondent Margaret Rupli, are trying to find a way to file the story of the invasion, while young British diplomat Peers Carter attempts to organise an evacuation just eight months into the job.
Set across one weekend in May 1940, this is the story of how these people came together to escape with the last official boatload of British evacuees out of Holland before the country capitulated. This is not just the tale of their escape, but the story of why these fascinating characters were in Holland to begin with.

Über den Autor

Chris Hunt writes about football and music. His touchline memoir Doing It For The Kids told the story of his journey through grassroots football with his son, while World Cup Stories was published to accompany a BBC television series. He once wrote a monthly column titled 'My Life with Stalin' for Your Cat magazine. His sporting encyclopedia, The Complete Book of Football, was published in the UK, Australia, the USA and in five foreign language editions, including Russian and German. He has also been the editor of numerous special editions of Mojo, Q, NME and Uncut, including five magazines about The Beatles.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Titelzusatz:	The dash for the last British boat out of Holland in May 1940, a thrilling true story of football, ballet, journalism and war
ISBN-13:	9781919271828
ISBN-10:	1919271821
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Hunt, Chris
Hersteller:	Mile Away
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Chris Hunt
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.03.2026
Gewicht:	0,434 kg