From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O\'Reilly\'s Killing series--with more than 12 million copies sold--comes a soaring account of England\'s desperate Fight to fend off German invasion.
Told in fast-paced, you-are-there fashion, this third book in the epic Taking series will have readers turning the pages late into the night..
Taking London puts the reader inside the action, telling the complex personal sagas of Churchill, Dowding, and legendary fighter pilots like Peter Townsend, Geoffrey Wellum, Richard Hillary, and American Billy Fiske, all set against the defiant backdrop of wartime London.
The fate of not just the British people, but all of Western Civilization, hinges on a small group of elite pilots stopping this onslaught--a band of brothers who will go down in history as the Few.
Nazi victory depends upon their overwhelming air power.
For the first time in history, the battlefield will not be land or water but entirely contested in the blue skies above.
In time, the names Spitfire and Hurricane will become iconic, these airplanes synonymous with a David versus Goliath struggle between the RAF and German Luftwaffe.
He has spent years preparing his nation\'s aerial defenses, utilizing the new technology of radar, training hundreds of hand-picked young pilots, and overseeing the design and purchase of the world\'s most up-to-date fighter aircraft.
Air Vice-Marshall Hugh Dowding is head of the Royal Air Force Fighter Command.
Luckily for Churchill, one quirky Englishman has seen the future.
In London, a new prime minister named Winston Churchill is determined to defeat the Nazi menace, no matter the costs.
England stands alone against this juggernaut, the whole world knowing it is only a matter of time before Nazi Germany unleashes its military might on the island nation.
Adolf Hitler\'s powerful armies control Europe.
The Battle of Britain is about to begin.
The Battle of France is over.
Great Britain, summer 1940.
From Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O\'Reilly\'s Killing series--with more than 12 million copies sold--comes a soaring account of England\'s desperate Fight to fend off German invasion
