The Duel: The Eighty-Day Battle Between Churchill and Hitler

This can be a day-by-day account of the eighty-day wrestle in 1940 between Hitler—poised on the sting of absolute victory—and Churchill—threatened by imminent invasion and defeat–on the eve of the second World Conflict.

“A masterful e-book—masterful in its portrayal of its protagonists, masterful in its total understanding of the death-struggle by which they engaged, masterful, above all, in its vivid, suspenseful chronicling of essentially the most momentous eighty days within the historical past of this century.” —Geoffrey Ward

“This can be a marvelous e-book. John Lukacs has lucid, unsentimental perception into the thoughts and character of each Churchill and Hitler.” —Conor Cruise O’Brien

“A beautiful story splendidly instructed.” —George F. Will

“It’s salutary to be reminded on this highly effective examine how shut Hitler got here to profitable in 1940. . . . A formidable examine . . . [written] with magnificence and panache.” —Peter Stansky,
New York Occasions

“A grasp of narrative historical past on a par with Barbara Tuchman and Garrett Mattingly.” —
Kirkus Opinions