{"product_id":"never-surrender-a-novel-of-winston-churchill-paperback","title":"Never Surrender: A Novel of Winston Churchill - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Dobbs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Michael Dobbs, author of the book that inspired the smash hit Netflix series \u003cem\u003eHouse of Cards\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNever Surrender\u003c\/em\u003e finds newly-elected Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a personal confrontation with Adolf Hitler. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe battle begins on Friday, May 10, 1940, when Hitler launches a devastating attack that within days will overrun France, Holland and Belgium and bring Britain to its knees at Dunkirk. Never Surrender examines Churchill's courage and defiance and his ability to lead a nation during three of the most crucial weeks in its history. Without the physical forces necessary to stave off German attack, Churchill uses the force of words to stand in Hitler's way, to show that no accords will be made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDobbs is at his best in \u003cem\u003eNever Surrender\u003c\/em\u003e, a novel about the remarkable courage and defiance needed to save a nation at risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Michael Dobbs, bestselling author of\u003cem\u003e House of Cards\u003c\/em\u003e, the book that inspired the Netflix series: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dobbs is an author who can bring historical happenings to life.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dobbs has done a brilliant job in evoking the drama and despair of Britain hovering on the edge of the abyss.\" --\u003cem\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e?This is a magnificent novel. It will hold the reader's fascination from beginning to end.?\u003cbr\u003e-Press Association \u003cbr\u003eThis stunning historical novel brings you deep inside Winston Churchill's mind and heart as he becomes Prime Minister and takes on the terrifying challenge of halting Hitler's murderous invasion of France, Holland and Belgium with only his wits and his magnificent words. Only his courage stands between the people of the British Isles and advancing enemy armies as they drive his retreating soldiers onto the beaches of Dunkirk and into the English channel. You will live at Churchill's side as he deals with his own feelings of inadequacy while contending with his fellow ministers, who plot to throw him out of office. And you will be the fly on the wall of history as he matches wits with Hitler in the most crucial battlefield of all, the battlefield of the mind. \u003cbr\u003eBest-selling author Michael Dobbs has written fifteen novels. He served as one of the chief advisers to Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major. \u003cbr\u003e?Dobbs doesn?t put a foot wrong. I read it in two gulps in just two nights; the characters are brilliantly sketched.? \u003cbr\u003e-Churchill Center website \u003cbr\u003e?Dobbs masterfully dissects three weeks of the Second World War. A historical hit.?\u003cbr\u003e-Daily Mirror \u003cbr\u003e?Better than any other fiction, [Dobbs's books] convey the desperation of those times, which we today, six decades removed, cannot possibly imagine.?\u003cbr\u003e-Finest Hour, magazine of the Churchill Center\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Dobbs is also Lord Dobbs of Wylye, a member of the British House of Lords. He is Britain's leading political novelist and has been a senior adviser to Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher, John Major and David Cameron. His bestselling books include House of Cards, which was made into an award winning TV series in the UK and is currently being remade into a major US television series by Kevin Spacey and the director David Fincher. Read more on his website - www.michaeldobbs.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8.1 x 5.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Benjamin Franklin Award (2008)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169936838791,"sku":"9781402210440","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e8c7010ce7589d49b9112b3a378fcc34.webp?v=1733344669","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/never-surrender-a-novel-of-winston-churchill-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}