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'Jon Latimer brings a spring-like freshness to the campaign ... a forthright, in-depth and highly-satisfying view of one of history's classic encounters' - The Oxford Times 'Jon Latimer's excellent book' - Max Hastings, The Sunday Telegraph 'Latimer makes skilful use of first-hand accounts by participants to bring the narrative to life.' - Gary Sheffield, BBC History 'Vividly describes the battle in all its complex detail ... oral history and eye-witness accounts are skilfully used.' - Soldier Magazine 'A blow-by-blow account that does not have particular axe to grind but brings together both the overall strategy and the nitty-gritty of the fighting' -Sunday Mercury 'An incisive and readable narrative. He...stands back and lets the fighting men speak for themselves...' - Lawrence James, Daily Mail 'Brilliantly weaves eyewitness accounts into the broader strategic picture...an altogether masterly piece of work.' - Eastern Daily Press 'Written with verve: the confusion of the fighting, which defied Montgomery's own subsequent assertion that it was all planned, is conveyed in vivid detail.' - Hew Strachan, Times Literary Supplement 'Jon Latimer's is the heavyweight account - detailed, exhaustive, complete, as might be expected from an historian with an eye for soldiering' - Allan Mallinson, The Times 'Painstaking yet gripping, this should be the definitive account of the battle itself for years to come.' - Publisher's Weekly (USA) 'Jon Latimer sets the scene almost like a Deighton thriller...This is living history at its best.' - Birmingham Evening Mail 'Just when you thought this campaign had been picked cleaner than a desert carcass Jon Latimer comes along and gives us this scholarly and readable treatment' - South Wales Argus 'Refreshingly entertaining ... takes the reader on an emotional rollercoaster ride.' - Hartlepool Star

'Jon Latimer brings a spring-like freshness to the campaign ... a forthright, in-depth and highly-satisfying view of one of history's classic encounters' - The Oxford Times 'Jon Latimer's excellent book' - Max Hastings, The Sunday Telegraph 'Latimer makes skilful use of first-hand accounts by participants to bring the narrative to life.' - Gary Sheffield, BBC History 'Vividly describes the battle in all its complex detail ... oral history and eye-witness accounts are skilfully used.' - Soldier Magazine 'A blow-by-blow account that does not have particular axe to grind but brings together both the overall strategy and the nitty-gritty of the fighting' -Sunday Mercury 'An incisive and readable narrative. He...stands back and lets the fighting men speak for themselves...' - Lawrence James, Daily Mail 'Brilliantly weaves eyewitness accounts into the broader strategic picture...an altogether masterly piece of work.' - Eastern Daily Press 'Written with verve: the confusion of the fighting, which defied Montgomery's own subsequent assertion that it was all planned, is conveyed in vivid detail.' - Hew Strachan, Times Literary Supplement 'Jon Latimer's is the heavyweight account - detailed, exhaustive, complete, as might be expected from an historian with an eye for soldiering' - Allan Mallinson, The Times 'Painstaking yet gripping, this should be the definitive account of the battle itself for years to come.' - Publisher's Weekly (USA) 'Jon Latimer sets the scene almost like a Deighton thriller...This is living history at its best.' - Birmingham Evening Mail 'Just when you thought this campaign had been picked cleaner than a desert carcass Jon Latimer comes along and gives us this scholarly and readable treatment' - South Wales Argus 'Refreshingly entertaining ... takes the reader on an emotional rollercoaster ride.' - Hartlepool Star

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Jonathan David Latimer (1964 - 2009) was an historian and writer based in Wales. His books include Operation Compass 1940 (Osprey, 2000), Tobruk 1941 (Osprey, 2001), Deception in War (John Murray, 2001), Alamein (John Murray, 2002), Burma: The Forgotten War (John Murray, 2004) and 1812: War with America (Harvard University Press, 2007) which won a Distinguished Book Award from the Society for Military History and was shortlisted for the George Washington Book Prize.

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